SUPREME

The SUPREME project focuses on creating an up-scaled roll-to-roll membrane manufacture strategy on KU Leuven’s in-house pilot line for use in the urgently needed CO₂ removal from flue gas, biogas or natural gas. 

The SUPREME project primarily addresses the chemical, steel, cement and biogas industry. Backed by KU Leuven patents, 2 disruptive membrane platforms (i.e. ultra-high-performance, zeolite-filled mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) and polyether(PE)-based membranes) will be further developed to produce pilot-scale roll-to-roll modules for on-site tests under industrial conditions. With the groundbreaking performance of these membrane platforms, the SUPREME projects would provide an estimated CO₂ reduction of 4.35 Mt the chemical industry and nearly 10 Mt for the heavy industries. In addition, this would occur at a CO₂ capture and purification cost of <20-30 EUR/t, proving to be amply economically viable. In this manner, the SUPREME projects contributes significantly to goals of MOT3.