South Korean nuclear power plant operator develops carbon dioxide capture technology for fuel cells, successfully capturing 90% of carbon dioxide

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), a nuclear power plant operator in South Korea, announced on the 12th that it has succeeded in developing the country's first technology to capture more than 90% of carbon dioxide emitted from phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC).
The company announced that it will develop a collection technology that it has developed at a demonstration held in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province on the same day.
This is part of a project that has been carried out jointly with Fuel Cell (fuel cell design change), Airrain (separation membrane capture technology), and Korea Advanced Technologies (installation work). The technical development has been ongoing for 20 months until May of this year.
In December last year, one fuel cell and one membrane capture device were installed at the marine industry cluster pier of Yeosu Gwangyang Port, and trial operation was completed in January this year.
Demonstration tests are also being carried out successfully in which a fuel cell is operated at 100% output and the emitted carbon dioxide is captured using a membrane capture system.
KHNP said, "If this technology is applied to existing fuel cell power plants,
"We hope that this will enable us to convert these plants into environmentally friendly power plants."