CO2 conversion: RECODE ends, FRESH starts

RECODE: FINAL MEETING

The RECODE H2020 EU project has finished with very interesting outcomes from the validation campaign in industrially relevant environment (TRL6). The partners met the last 21^st and 22^nd of July for the final meeting at the demo site at the Kamari plant of TITAN CEMENT, in Greece.

As the main outcomes from the project, there are:

- CO₂ capture unit based on ionic liquids successfully validated at TRL6 to produce high purity CO₂ adequate for subsequent transformation. The unit was designed and built by HYSYTECH with the collaboration of DWGV; the ILs were supplied by IOLITEC;

- CO₂ conversion into CaCO₃ nanoparticles and NH₄Cl crystals validated. Unit developed by Politecnico di Torino, CERTH and MET;

- CO₂ conversion into Fomate through electrochemical pathway validated. Unit developed by AVANTIUM and HYSYTECH;

- Ossalate conversion Glyoxylic acid through electrochemical pathway validated. Unit developed by AVANTIUM and HYSYTECH.

HYSYTECH intends to thank all the project partners for the fruitful path achieved together.

FRESH: KICK-OFF MEETING

Last July 14^th the kick-off meeting of the FRESH EU H2020 project was held in Florence at the premises of CNAR, the project coordinator.

This project aims at the production of potassium formate from CO₂ by exploiting a technology developed by one of the partners, COVAL, and its subsequent use in a Direct Formate Fuel Cell (DFFC) to produce energy.

HYSYTECH will work with COVAL in the scale-up of the technology and will develop and build-up the entire final system for energy production.