Honeywell licenses carbon-capture tech from UT Austin

Honeywell is planning a new carbon-­capture offering based on solvent technology it has licensed from the University of Texas at Austin. The advanced amine solvents are based on the work of UT ­Austin professor Gary T. Rochelle, who will consult with Honeywell as part of the deal. Rochelle has published on aqueous carbon-capture solvents that use potassium carbonate with piperazine, a cyclic amine. Honeywell says Rochelle’s solvent system can drop into existing amine-based carbon-capture equipment or be used in new installations and can be economical with incentives that are in place in the US and Europe.