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C-Capture designs world-leading chemical processes for the capture of carbon dioxide

C-Capture has patented a unique, solvent-based technology which offers a safe, low-cost way to remove carbon dioxide from emissions using a post-combustion capture approach. This technology can be deployed on most processes requiring CO₂separation from other gases, including power stations, cement plants, hydrogen production facilities, steel or glass making factories, or natural gas upgrading plants. C-Capture was founded in 2009 as a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, and recent investors include IP Group, Drax, and BP Ventures.

C-Capture’s technology

C-Capture’s technology can also separate CO₂ from natural gas or hydrogen, and from biogas from anaerobic digestion to produce biomethane as a renewable fuel.

The technology uses a new class of capture solvents that are amine and nitrogen free, are not classified as hazardous, are inexpensive, and can be manufactured on a large scale.

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APPLICATIONS

C-Capture's technology is designed to remove carbon dioxide from emissions sources such as power stations, iron and steel manufacture, cement production and other industrial processes.

THERMAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION

C-Capture’s post combustion capture approach is suitable for biomass, coal and gas fired power stations.

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Natural Gas Sweetening

C-Capture’s technology can be used to separate CO₂ from natural gas reservoirs

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Biogas Upgrading

C-Capture’s technology can separate CO₂ from biogas from anaerobic digestion to produce biomethane as a renewable fuel

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Waste to Energy

C-Capture’s post combustion capture approach is suitable for Waste to Energy power stations

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Hydrogen

C-Capture’s technology can be used in the production of hydrogen from natural gas

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Steel

C-Capture’s post combustion capture approach can be deployed on the flue gases of an integrated steel mill

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Cement

C-Capture’s post combustion capture approach can be deployed on the flue gas of a cement factory

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Drax

C-Capture currently leads a major new collaborative project funded by the UK Government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to scale up and deploy its technology at Drax power station in North Yorkshire.

The project will see carbon dioxide captured from biomass used in power generation, and show how C-Capture’s technology can be used as part of a process to remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (BECCS). C-Capture is proud of the potential its technology offers to mitigate climate change as part of the growing market for environmentally-conscious power generation and industrial processes.

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