Carbon Capture and Conversion for Mobile Sources

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Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been awarded a program from the Department of Energy to develop an innovative and commercially viable approach for selective carbon capture from mobile point sources and subsequent transformation to platform chemicals or fuel.

The transportation sector accounts for a significant portion of CO₂ emissions and is therefore an important focus of decarbonization efforts. Battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells are promising alternatives, however they are difficult to implement for heavy-duty marine and overland transportation. A potential mitigation strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emission is to capture and upcycle the evolved CO₂. PSI’s innovation is to create a two-stage sorbent bed system containing high surface area materials that are functionalized to enable selective adsorption of exhaust gases.

PSI’s approach will result in a regenerative sorbent and catalyst system to upcycle the captured CO₂ to valuable fuel. PSI’s will demonstrate a rapid, economically viable process to capture and upgrade CO₂ from merchant marine vessels. Additionally, the process can be utilized for reduction of emissions from other mobile point sources such as rail transport, heavy trucking, and cruise ships.

For more information contact:

Dr. David Gamliel
Group Leader, Materials Integration & Engineering
dgamliel@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Office: (978) 689-0003

Acknowledgement of Sponsorship:  This work is supported under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. This support does not constitute an express or implied endorsement on the part of the Government.