Metal Organic Frameworks for Carbon dioxide Adsorption Processes in Power Production and eEnergy Intensive Industries

MOF4AIR is a H2020 project gathering 14 partners from 8 countries to develop and demonstrate the performances of MOF-based CO2 capture technologies in power plants and energy intensive industries.  

The project, which was started in 2019, is planned to be ended in 2023. The aim of the project is to demonstrate the performance of cost-effective CO₂ capture technologies at three different facilities across Europe, including power plants and energy intensive industries, using Metal Organic Framework (MOFs) with high CO₂ adsorption capacity and high CO₂ affinity.  

Main Objectives  
• Increase the cost effectiveness of CCS and decrease its energy penalty  
• Qualify and validate the most promising MOF materials for adsorption-based carbon capture  
• Fine-tune adsorption processes for high performance MOFs  
• Demonstrate the performance of MOF based carbon adsorption in real operation  
• Ensure the technology replication in other CO₂ and energy intensive industries and its sustainability  
• Increase stakeholder and public awareness of the challenges, benefits and issues related to carbon capture, transport, use and storage    

Duties of TÜRKÇİMENTO R&D Institute;  
1. To follow up-to-date developments regarding legal and administrative regulations in carbon capture and storage technologies and to make suggestions to the consortium,  
2. To carry out studies within the scope of the applicability and repeatability of the prominent technology in the cement industry,  
3. To operate in the establishment of an Industrial Cluster Board in order to monitor the project outputs and find out solutions,  
4. Organizing national events and publishing within the scope of dissemination of the project and communication activities  

Social Benefit  
• 95% reduction in CO₂ emissions from power plants and carbon-intensive industries  
• Transition to a low carbon economy and cost-effective carbon capture solutions  
• 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to the 2030 European Union Energy strategy thanks to the captured CO₂    

This project has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 837975.