Accelerating carbon capture innovation with CO₂ membrane separation simulation
Combining computational chemistry and CFD to model efficient CO₂ membrane separation.
Carbon capture, utilization and storage are an effective approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which involves capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) produced by industrial sources before being released into the atmosphere and transporting it to a secure storage location. Ongoing research and development efforts aim to improve carbon capture systems’ efficiency and scalability.
Separation through membranes is a widespread method, which is highly energy efficient since it typically does not require heating. This white paper discusses a demonstrator for simulating a membrane separation unit using finite volume based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational chemistry.