Des Plaines, Ill.-based Honeywell said Dec. 15 it will commercialize carbon capture technology created by researchers at University of Texas in Austin that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from many industrial sources. The proprietary technology from Texas’ carbon management program reduces the cost of capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and other heavy industrial processes before they make it to the atmosphere. “We are thrilled that our decades of research have led to carbon capture technology that can significantly reduce carbon emissions,” UT professor Gary Rochelle said. “The licensing agreement with Honeywell enables us to commercially scale this in ways that can make major contributions toward zero-emission efforts to address global warming and to reduce pollutants in surrounding communities.”
UT officials said applying the advanced solvent carbon capture technology for one typical power plant will enable the capture of about 3.4 million tons of carbon dioxide a year – equivalent to removing nearly 735,000 cars from the road a year. The CO2 removal technology can be retrofitted at existing plants or included in a new installation.