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Metal carbides leads a project of the Cenit program

04/09/2008

September 4, 2008

Metal carbides of the Air Products Group He is responsible for a project on new sustainable industrial uses of CO₂, Sost-CO₂. Together with metallic carbides, 15 companies and 28 research centres will take part in the development of the project. Collaborating research centres include Matgas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). In addition to its research capabilities, Matgas will also manage the technical part. The project has the goal of developing technologies of use of the CO₂ complementary to the capture as an alternative to the geological containment of CO₂.

According to Lourdes Vega and Matgas Director and Director of r & d of metal carbides: "will the realization of this project have a positive impact in the environment and that it will lead to the reduction of emissions of CO₂ into the atmosphere and will enhance its sustainable use versus confinement as well as new renewable sources of energy".