Abstract for CRADA between NETL and the AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University

Technical Report · Tue Sep 17 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2473156· OSTI ID:2473156

Homsy, Sally ^[1]; Green, Matthew ^[2]; Modayil Korah, Mani ^[2]

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1. National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
2. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)

Arizona State University (ASU) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will collaborate on the development and scale up of sorbent composites that efficiently capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) directly from air under an awarded project from the Department of Energy’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) Pre-Commercialization Technology Prize. For DAC to be considered a viable technology for decarbonization, the cost of carbon removal needs to decrease below the proposed carbon tax incentive outlined in the recent Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (Section 45 Q), which is set at $$\$$$$180 per ton of CO₂. Achieving this goal requires the development of a cost-effective, environmentally friendly sorbent with high CO₂ sorption capacity and efficient kinetics under DAC conditions as the overall cost of CO₂ captured is highly sensitive to factors such as sorbent cost and sorbent lifetime. ASU has developed a sorbent technology that can potentially reduce CO₂ removal costs by DAC. NETL has expertise in DAC TEA and LCA development and DAC sorbent testing. The collaboration between ASU and NETL aims to accelerate development and deployment of ASU’s technology by quantifying the performance, cost and lifecycle impacts of ASU’s technology and validating sorbent performance.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States); Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
• OSTI ID: 2473156
• Report Number(s): DOE-NETL-AGMT--1508
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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