Biography:
Albert Pujol studied chemical engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, in 2014. After graduating, Mr Albert Pujol was hired as a production and quality engineer by Europastry S/A in Barcelona. In January of 2020 he began a new chapter as an R&D engineer at LEITAT Technological centre. Albert Pujol had his master's degree on Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University, 2022. He gained knowledge on renewable energy systems, energy conversion and catalytic processes. Albert Pujol developed a research project with the Power-to-Gas (PtG) research group that contributed to the elaboration of his Master´s Thesis based on the modelling of a methanation reactor in a PtG system. In November 2022, he joined the green fuels and energy department of the Danish engineering consultancy firm COWI. In collaboration with Aalborg University, Albert is developing his doctoral thesis in Direct Air Capture Systems. The PhD project focuses on the integration of large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems in energy systems. The focal point consists of decreasing the energy requirements and the overall cost of capture by integrating DAC into Power-to-X and CO2 utilisation systems.
Title : Direct air capture cost reduction and market development via process intensification. Establishing the DAC insetting concept