2024: Cornell Advanced Platform for Testing, Utilization, and Research in CO2 Capture and Conversion Technologies
This project proposes to establish the Cornell Advanced Platform for Testing, Utilization, and REsearch in CO2 capture and conversion technologies (CAPTURE-Lab), an experimental carbon capture and utilization or sequestration and industrial decarbonization facility at Cornell’s existing Combined Heat and Power plant. The researchers plan to establish a mobile lab adjacent to the plant that will analyze gas emissions and provide real-time information about its composition. They would then examine and test materials for carbon capture, sequestration and conversion, industrial decarbonization, and pollution controls using flue gas emissions from this working power plant. This type of actual flue gas is difficult for researchers to access, in both industry and academia. The project will support interdisciplinary research on both basic science and lab-to-market feasibility.
Investigators: Tobias Hanrath, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Phil Milner, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Greeshma Gadikota, Civil and Environmental Engineering