Integrated CO2 capture and dynamic catalysis for CO2 recycling in a microbrewery

In this study, we used fermentation off-gases from a brewery for integrated CO2 capture and utilisation in order to produce CH4 with a dual-function material (DFM) containing NiRu as catalyst and dispersed CaO as adsorbent. CH4 was produced from captured CO2 via 2 pathways (fast and slow), proceedin...

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Autores: Merkouri, Loukia Pantzechroula, Bobadilla Baladrón, Luis Francisco, Martín Espejo, Juan Luis, Odriozola Gordón, José Antonio, Penkova, Anna Dimitrova, Torres Sempere, Guillermo, Ramírez Reina, Tomás, Short, Michael, Duyar, Melis S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/173938
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/173938
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Industrial decarbonisation
Dual-function material
CO2 methanation
Synthetic natural gas CO2 capture and utilisation
Fermentation
Brewery
Time-resolved operando DRIFTS-MS
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Sumario:In this study, we used fermentation off-gases from a brewery for integrated CO2 capture and utilisation in order to produce CH4 with a dual-function material (DFM) containing NiRu as catalyst and dispersed CaO as adsorbent. CH4 was produced from captured CO2 via 2 pathways (fast and slow), proceeding through formyl intermediates according to the operando DRIFTS-MS results. The NiRuCa DFM showed a stable CH4 capacity over 8 cycles (105 μmol/gDFM) with fermentation off-gases being used as a CO2 capture feed. H2O and O2, which were present in small amounts in the emissions feed, resulted in the passivation of Ni in the form of a NiO layer and hence, the DFM did not undergo excessive oxidation and deactivation. This work constitutes a first in terms of validating the use of DFMs with real industrial emissions, and it directly correlates the DFM activity performance with its reaction mechanism and intermediate species.