A holistic approach to achieve the transition from grey to blue to green transport using hollow fibre technology

Abstract

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is already regarded as a central pillar of industrial decarbonisation and could play a critical role in reducing transport CO2 emissions. However, for it to be retrofitted to all surface transport modes, it must be made as compact as possible. Currently, it can only be feasibly retrofitted to larger surface transport modes. Thus, this paper proposes a holistic approach using state-of-the-art hollow fibre technology which allows the design of smaller and lighter on-board CCS systems. The holistic approach proposed considers the effect diesel and green NH3 fuel blends have on the size of a truck’s fuel tanks, aftertreatment architecture and on-board hollow fibre-based CCS system. In this respect, the breakthrough of this paper is highlighting the importance of hollow fibre technology and how it enables a cleaner transition from grey to blue to green transport.

Keywords

• On-board CCS
• On-board hydrogen production
• Blue transport
• C-free fuels
• Net Zero 2050
• Hollow fibre reactors