Direct Carbon Capture from Engine Exhausts

The Challenge

Achieving Net-Zero emissions by 2050 requires transformative approaches to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors – including marine transportation and offshore energy. Existing carbon capture solutions are often bulky, inefficient, and require a large footprint, making them impractical for constrained environments such as ships, marine vessels, offshore platforms, and remote power systems. A compact, high-efficiency carbon capture solution is needed that can operate directly at the engine exhaust under real-world conditions.

Our Solution

C-CORE, in collaboration with industry partner MAPI, has developed a proof-of-concept supersonic nozzle-based CO₂ capture technology designed specifically for large-scale engine exhaust applications. This innovative approach uses aerodynamic flow dynamics to enable direct CO₂ separation from flue gas streams, under optimized pressure, temperature, and mass flow conditions.

The technology was validated through:

  • Custom nozzle design and fabrication
  • Controlled laboratory-scale experimental testing
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to evaluate flow behavior and separation efficiency

Designed for compactness and adaptability, this system is suitable for integration into internal combustion engines used in:

  • Offshore and onshore oil and gas platforms
  • Marine vessels and shipping fleets
  • Remote community power systems where weight and space constraints are critical

Initial testing has demonstrated that with precisely engineered nozzle geometry, high-efficiency CO₂ capture can be achieved in a form factor well suited for mobile or offshore deployment.

C-CORE’s work is advancing the next generation of lightweight, efficient carbon capture systems – enabling emission reduction in environments where traditional systems are unfeasible, and helping clients across the ocean economy contribute to global decarbonization goals.