Reduce the cost of decarbonization in the industrial sectors by developing and optimizing innovative, large-scale CCUS processes to enable secure carbon capture and utilization options that make CO₂ conversion as a business case.

PROJECTS

Development and Life cycle assessment of the CO₂ capture and utilization for polyolefins production via MTO process.

The typical manufacture of LDPE and HDPE generates large greenhouse gas emissions (1.92 and 1.86 kg CO₂/kg of polymer, respectively). Farah Mufarrij is designing alternative, carbon-negative paths for polymer manufacturing based on CO₂ capture and utilization (CCU). The suggested routes for CCU-polymers are based on the conversion of CO₂ to methanol, followed by the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process to create primarily ethylene, and from ethylene, LDPE and HDPE. The findings of the LCA demonstrated that the CCU-MTO route is an environmentally preferable alternative, especially in locations where renewable (low-carbon) power is available.