The University of Southern California has teamed with Media and Process Technology Inc. to perform laboratory-scale testing of a high-efficiency, low-temperature reactor process for the water gas shift (WGS) reaction of coal syngas for pre-combustion carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) systems. The process will utilize a unique membrane- and adsorption-enhanced WGS reactor system previously developed for hydrogen (H₂) production via methane steam reforming that allows for in situ preferential H₂ permeation and simultaneous CO₂ adsorption. The system combines a membrane reactor (MR) and an adsorptive reactor (AR) in tandem to produce an ultra-pure H₂ product continuously until the adsorbent (in the AR unit) is saturated, which is then regenerated via a temperature swing adsorption (TSA) operation. This unique reactor configuration can be viewed as a hybrid MR-AR system under TSA operation. The MR-AR system is a highly-efficient and ultra-compact process for the treatment of syngas to produce hydrogen appropriate for use in IGCC with simultaneous pre-combustion CO₂ capture. Further the use of a temperature-swing rather than a pressure-swing CO₂ recovery step (as commonly practiced in AR systems) allows the recovery of CO₂ at high pressures, thus requiring no additional re-compression step for CO₂ storage. The project goal is to validate the novel hybrid MR-AR system for IGCC applications by conducting laboratory-scale studies using simulated coal-derived syngas. The development effort will use a previously developed carbon molecular-sieve-based membrane and will test a hydrotalcite-based adsorbent and other potentially promising adsorbents. A mathematical model will be used to analyze the resulting data, further optimize the system, develop preliminary technical designs, and conduct a techno-economic analysis.