Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) announced the signing of an agreement with Rikkyo Educational Corporation on an endowment type research project regarding onboard CO2 capturing system.
The project called “Social Implementation of Future Marine Environmentally Harmonious Materials” involves the development of an onboard CO2 capturing system that utilizes the molecular technology of metal-organic frameworks (MOF), a porous material.
The research project is being conducted in collaboration with a research group led by the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University.
“K” LINE is advancing different initiatives, such as the operation of liquefied CO2 carriers, to decarbonize the society. One of the initiatives is the discussion on the Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) technology to separate, capture and store on-board the CO2 emitted from the vessel and to land it.
…the company stated.
The research project is aimed at clarifying the applicability of MOF to the onboard CO2 capturing system through the evaluation of MOF’s absorption-desorption performance under the presence of CO2 contained in exhaust gas from a vessel, for the purpose of expanding the technology part of “K” LINE’s OCCS domain.
