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The realized project concerns a new innovative technology for the capture of CO2 in molten salt media. Nowadays, on the market, there is no technology that would capture CO2 generated in industrial processes in such a fast, effective and selective manner as planned in this project. The innovative concept of the project is to build a prototype of a two-chamber reactor, whose continuous operation will allow for selective capture of CO2 from industrial gases. The project aims at performing, testing and operating the prototype of a two-chamber reactor for carbon capture in molten salts. Prior to the construction of a two-chamber reactor, in order to test the assumptions of mass flow between low- and high-temperature chambers, a simulation based on the computer software will be performed. At the same time, based on the simulation results as well as the knowledge and experience of scientists from AGH and NMBU, a prototype of the reactor will be designed. Finally, based on the results of the design and simulation, the two-chamber reactor will be constructed. The construction and testing of the prototype in a laboratory environment is the last stage before the commercialization of this technology. The project sets itself an ambitious goal, which is the transition from fundamental research to the prototype scale allowing the development of a new product in the form of a device to reduce the CO2 emissions. This is especially important because of rapidly growing problems with global warming. The added value will be the improvement of the environment (by reducing the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere).