IIT Guwahati Partners With NTPC To Develop Energy Efficient Tech For CO2 Capture

Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has partnered with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited to design and develop highly energy-efficient plants to absorb carbon dioxide from power plants.

According to reports, the technology developed by researchers at IIT Guwahati works on flue gas which is a mixture of gases produced by the burning of fuel or other materials in power stations.

It consumes up to 11 percent less energy than the commercially activated MDEA (monoethanolamine) solvent and 31 percent less energy than the benchmark MEA (monoethanolamine) solvent, using a newly activated amine solvent (IITGS).

"After the successful completion of the trial study, the test plant has been shifted to NTPC's NETRA facility. The team from IIT Guwahati and NTPC Limited are in the process of patenting the technology,'' Bishnupad Mandal, from the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Guwahati was quoted as saying by PTI.

"This technology has the potential to deal with global climate change. The next phase of the study will involve pilot-plant testing using industrial flue gas," he added.

He further said that the oil, natural gas, biogas industry, and petroleum refineries will benefit from the outcome of the project.

The project, through its research and education, will also support and strengthen the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

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