Hands-On with Innovation: Participants Explore TNO’s Labs in CO₂ Capture, Electrochemistry & Plastics Recycling As part of this year’s CO₂ Value Days and General Assembly, participants had the unique opportunity to explore three state-of-the-art TNO laboratories. These exclusive lab visits offer a behind-the-scenes look at applied research in key areas driving Carbon Capture and Utilisation (#CCU) and circular innovation: 🔬 CO₂ Capture and Synthetic Fuels Lab Focusing on solvent and reaction screening, absorption kinetics, catalyst testing, product characterisation, and mobile mini-plant used to determine the absorption and desorption capacity of CO₂ capture solvents. ⚡ Electrochemistry Lab Dedicated to scaling up technologies that use green electricity to power chemical reactions such as CO₂ conversion (to C1 and C2 molecules), organo-electrosynthesis of biobased feedstocks, RedOx energy storage, and electro-separation processes. ♻️ Plastics Lab Specialised in sustainable plastic recycling, this lab uses dissolution methods to convert plastics and additives into monomers and chemicals for improved circularity through solvent testing and recovery studies at pilot scale. These visits offer a unique window into TNO’s cutting-edge research facilities and the practical innovation driving a more sustainable, circular carbon economy.
Iyad SARHID
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Next time hopefully we get to visit Photons-to-Chemicals labs 😉 Eindhoven University of Technology Pascal Buskens Nicole Meulendijks
Green Industry Tech
1wImpressive capabilities and facilities from lab to much more than protos. Congrats TNO