The project ‘Development of an MCE co-electrolyser for the synthesis of artificial fuels’ has been implemented at the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) since June 2023. This is the next step in the research of PW scientists on carbonate fuel cell technology.

A team of researchers from the PW’s Department of Mechanical Power and Aeronautics has been working on molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC-Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell) for years. 

As part of the new project, the team from PW will be developing the first Polish artificial fuel synthesis device – the MCE-Molten Carbonate Electrolysis co-electrolyser). 

Using CO₂ and water, a synthesis gas will be created for further conversion to synthetic fuels, i.e. fuels that do not contain pollutants in the form of sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides or particulates. This will increase the share of RES in energy production and ultimately reduce CO₂ emissions from the energy sector.