Coupling Desalination with Novel mCDR Membranes

PI: Katherine Hornbostel, University of Pittsburgh
Start Year: 2023 | Duration: 2 years
Partners: University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of California, Irvine

Project Abstract:

The research team will work with existing desalination membranes to enable them to remove CO2 from seawater while producing fresh drinking water. The team will investigate two different promising chemical groups that can be attached to the surface of desalination membranes to make CO2 bubble out of the seawater when it reaches the membrane. The team will perform a combination of experiments, prototyping, modeling, and technoeconomic assessment to determine which types of membranes and surface groups will result in the most cost-effective system.