UB researchers receive DOE grant to develop clean-coal technology
Published August 31, 2015 This content is archived.
ASEE's First Bell reports that the Department of Energy awarded UB and partners a $1.9 million grant to develop carbon capture techniques.
The UB team is lead by Haiqing Lin, assistant professor, and Mark Swihart, UB Distinguished Professor, both in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
In partnership with Membrane Technology and Research Inc. (Newark CA) and Helios-NRG, LLC (Amherst, NY), they will develop mixed matrix membrane systems comprised of highly crosslinked polymers with strong size sieving ability and palladium-based nanomaterials for H2/CO2 separation. Final field testing will occur at the National Carbon Capture Center with real syngas.
The project will last 36 months, engaging four graduate students, with an end goal of developing processes that reduce emission of greenhouse gases and global warming.
