CORAL

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On the one hand, carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a gas which is harmful to the environment. However, it can also be used as a resource – for example for plastics or renewable fuels – and could replace fossil natural gas and crude oil in future. The extraction of CO₂ from the air can play a role in the fight against climate change in several ways: It reduces the concentration of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, converts it to a usable form for the chemical industry and regenerative mobility, and will lead to a drastic reduction in emissions in future.

One aim of the project entitled “CORAL = CO₂ as a raw material from the air” is to develop a highly efficient procedure to extract CO₂ from air. This serves as the basis for generating renewable raw materials from electrolytically produced hydrogen and CO₂ in the air using material flows and waste heat from electrolysis and synthesis.