AIRCAP: Advancing Integration and Reactors for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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Program:
GREENWELLS
Award:
$1,970,200
Location:
Atlanta, Georgia
Status:
ACTIVE
Project Term:
09/20/2024 - 09/18/2027
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Technology Description:

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is developing an electrochemical reactor that responds quickly to dynamic changes in renewable energy to work with direct air capture systems. The team’s bipolar membrane electrolysis reactor will overcome the common challenges faced by the current state of technology. For example, existing micro-channel bipolar membrane reactors operate at high overpotentials, leading to inefficient energy use. Georgia Tech will integrate activating layers to improve energy efficiency. This reactor can also be integrated with air capture systems, sourcing CO2 directly from air.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
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Project Contact:
Prof. Marta Hatzell
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
marta.hatzell@me.gatech.edu

Partners

University of California, Berkeley
Princeton University

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Release Date:
12/12/2023