Power-to-X technology using renewable electricity and carbon dioxide from ambient air: SOLETAIR proof-of-concept and improved process concept

Francisco Vidal Vázquez; Joonas Koponen; Vesa Ruuskanen; Cyril Bajamundi; Antti Kosonen; Pekka Simell; Jero Ahola; Christian Frilund; Jere Elfving; Matti Reinikainen; Niko Heikkinen; Juho Kauppinen; Paolo Piermartini

doi:10.1016/j.jcou.2018.09.026

Power-to-X technology using renewable electricity and carbon dioxide from ambient air: SOLETAIR proof-of-concept and improved process concept

Francisco Vidal Vázquez
, Joonas Koponen^*
, Vesa Ruuskanen
, Cyril Bajamundi
, Antti Kosonen
, Pekka Simell
, Jero Ahola
, Christian Frilund
, Jere Elfving
, Matti Reinikainen
, Niko Heikkinen
, Juho Kauppinen
, Paolo Piermartini

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work demonstrates hydrocarbon production directly from water, solar energy, and air - called SOLETAIR. The plant includes direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide, hydrogen production by water electrolysis, and two-step synthesis bench-scale units that operate using grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity. In addition, co-feeding of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from gas bundles are utilized to enable scaling between units. This pilot plant achieved a total operating time of approx. 300 h with a combined production of oil and wax of 6.2 kg per day. The mass and energy balances in integration of the units are studied. According to the experiments and studies, potential and bottlenecks to improve the individual units and their integration are found. Finally, a conceptual Power-to-X plant is presented, which can achieve energy and carbon efficiencies of 47% and 94%, respectively, considering liquid and solid hydrocarbons as products.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-246
Journal	Journal of CO2 Utilization
Volume	28
Early online date	15 Oct 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2018.09.026
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

TEKES is acknowledged for the main financial support of the SOLETAIR project (soletair.fi). The project partners are also thanked for their financial and in-kind contributions. The SOLETAIR project concept was developed from the work carried out in the Neo-Carbon Energy project (neocarbonenergy.fi).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Carbon capture and utilization
Direct air capture
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Power-to-X
Water electrolysis

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Vázquez, F. V., Koponen, J., Ruuskanen, V., Bajamundi, C., Kosonen, A., Simell, P., Ahola, J., Frilund, C., Elfving, J., Reinikainen, M., Heikkinen, N., Kauppinen, J., & Piermartini, P. (2018). Power-to-X technology using renewable electricity and carbon dioxide from ambient air: SOLETAIR proof-of-concept and improved process concept. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 28, 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2018.09.026

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Power-to-X technology using renewable electricity and carbon dioxide from ambient air: SOLETAIR proof-of-concept and improved process concept

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