The Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Consortium at the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has welcomed Avantium as its newest member that will contribute towards the advancement of measurement standards for direct air capture (DAC) technologies and their accelerated worldwide deployment.
Through this collaboration, the NIST CDR Consortium brings on board a global leader in high-throughput testing for sustainable chemistry, fortifying its commitment to developing standards and robust measurement solutions for carbon dioxide removal.
Powered by a team of industry, academia, and government representatives, the NIST CDR Consortium is focused on strengthening confidence in atmospheric CO2 removal through consensus-based methods, traceability, and comparability.
As a developer of custom R&D solutions, Avantium has established itself as a trusted partner of DAC providers, matching their needs with tailor-made, high-throughput adsorption testing platforms that allow for a rapid screening and optimization of innovative DAC sorbent materials.
Avantium’s novel platforms, developed with input from leading market players such as Climeworks, enable the simultaneous testing of up to eight different sorbent materials under the same conditions, unlocking a precise selection process that highlights the most effective CO2 capture adsorbents.
This high-throughput testing process opens new horizons for DAC technologies, offering a parallel experiments automation that reduces the time-to-market for providers while minimizing human error and delivering premium quality data.
With the help of this approach, the DAC industry could address some of its most pressing scaling obstacles by improving the sorbent selectivity and capacity, boosting the energy efficiency, and achieving lower operational costs.
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In its role as a Consortium member, Avantium will bring its valuable expertise in assessing measurement approaches, validating repeatability, and backing the creation of standardized test methods.
With its know-how on adsorption and desorption technologies (TSA, steam, vacuum, moisture swing, and electrolysis) and process optimization, Avantium is well positioned to contribute to the Consortium as a company actively involved in DAC innovations.
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