Project Overview

Customised membranes, tailored to the application can help answering to such objectives. The CUMERI project will in particular pave the way for:

• effective recycling and reuse of valuable components, promoting resilient and circular industrial value chains
• more energy-efficient processes, while
• lowering CO2 emissions.

Key Features

This will be achieved in two different separation lines: gas separation (GS) in the steel industry for the recovery of H2 and for CO2 capture, and ultrafiltration (UF) followed by membrane extraction (ME) in the oil and gas (O&G) industry for the recovery of base oil and additives from used lubricant oils (ULO). The recovery of H2 in the steel industry is attractive as it is expensive and extensively used in the steel-making production (reduction reactions). The recovery of ULO and additives is economically attractive in terms of high value resource conservation and environment protection, also in a post-fossil era.

Research Focus

The task of Maastricht University is to make bio-based and recyclable polymers for membranes for CO2 permeation

Project Details

• Timeline: 01/12/2022 – 01/12/2025
• Website: https://cumeri.eu/
• Consortium Partners: VITO (coordinator), Fraunhofer, Tecnalia, Istanbul teknik universitesi, Sintef AS, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Osilub, Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S., Erdemir Muhendislik Yonetim ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri A.S., Saint-Gobain, Rauschert Kloster Veilsdorf, B4Plastics, A-membranes, Memsis Cevre Teknolojileri arastirma gelistirme, Euroquality

Funding Information

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101091812. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.