EMI Twente collaborates with Aqualung, a company revolutionizing the field of carbon capture with its innovative, non-pressurized gas separation membrane technology. This partnership leverages the strengths of both organizations to accelerate the development and scaling of cutting-edge solutions for a sustainable future.
Aqualung’s Game-Changing Technology
Aqualung’s technology introduces a new standard in carbon capture by utilizing coated membranes that passively separate gas molecules. The system stands out with its:
- Low Complexity and Environmental Friendliness: Aqualung’s membrane technology eliminates the need for toxic additives or absorbents, reducing operational risks and maintenance costs.
- High Efficiency: Advanced specialized coatings make these membranes significantly more effective than conventional alternatives, positioning Aqualung as a leader in carbon capture performance.
- Favorable Energy Balance: Unlike traditional systems, Aqualung’s membranes require no absorbents or energy-intensive regeneration, delivering substantial energy savings.
- Compact and Scalable Design: With a footprint as small as 5% of a typical absorption column, the system is modular and cost-effective, enabling carbon capture at smaller scales and lower CO₂ concentrations.
EMI Twente’s Role
In this collaboration, EMI Twente contributes its expertise in membrane technology and pilot-scale development. By focusing on advancing Aqualung’s membrane solutions, EMI Twente helps refine the system for real-world applications, ensuring robust performance and seamless scalability.
Accelerating Toward a Sustainable Future
Together, EMI Twente and Aqualung are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in carbon capture. By combining Aqualung’s revolutionary membrane technology with EMI Twente’s cutting-edge research and engineering capabilities, this partnership is a key step toward addressing the global challenge of CO₂ emissions.
A competitive membrane system for carbon capture relies on an efficient membrane design developed under industrially relevant conditions for upscaling. EMI Twente has helped us tremendously in the development, derisking and upscaling of our hollow fiber technology.
Saravanan Janakiram
CPO Aqualung
