Erick Danyi – An Overview of Direct Air Capture (DAC) Technologies for the Net Zero Transition

In this bp_ICAM webinar, Erick Danyi discusses how carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) plays a central role in supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy system: capturing industrial process emissions, acting as a source of carbon dioxide removal, and abating emissions from the use of fossil fuels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Sixth Assessment Report, stated that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is necessary to counteract hard-to-abate emissions and achieve the Paris climate goals. This includes bioenergy combined with CCUS, natural climate solutions, and direct air carbon capture with storage.

Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies extract CO2 directly from the atmosphere, for CO2 storage or utilisation. Twenty-seven DAC plants have been commissioned to date worldwide, capturing almost 0.01 Mt CO2/year. Plans for at least 130 DAC facilities are now at various stages of development. This talk provided an overview of the different DAC systems, including early stage and mature technologies, and their limitations.

About Erick Danyi

Erick Danyi is a Senior Process Engineer at bp working at the forefront of the energy transition, addressing the technical challenges associated with developing a low carbon energy system. Erick has a diverse technical background with over six years of field process engineering and environmental experience; and is currently focusing on the development and deployment of CCUS and hydrogen technologies. He is a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Texas (2020) with a BSc in Chemical Engineering from The University of Toledo (2014) and a Master of Chemical Engineering from Rice University (2023). Erick joined bp in March of 2015 and has had several technical roles in Ohio and Texas.