Descripción del proyecto
Una tecnología innovadora para materiales de construcción con bajas emisiones de carbono
La transición de la industria de transformación, como la producción de acero y cemento, a las energías renovables no basta para alcanzar los ambiciosos objetivos del Pacto Verde Europeo. Es necesario capturar, procesar y reciclar en nuevos productos las emisiones de CO2 de los procesos industriales, difíciles de eliminar. Sin embargo, la transición hacia procesos con bajas emisiones de carbono puede afectar a la competitividad del sector. El equipo del proyecto Carbon4Minerals, financiado con fondos europeos, abordará el uso simultáneo del CO2 de los gases de combustión industriales con los flujos de residuos actuales y futuros para liberar una vasta reserva de recursos para aglutinantes y materiales de construcción innovadores con bajas emisiones de carbono. Esta innovación intersectorial puede reducir las emisiones del sector en un 10 % y, al mismo tiempo, salvaguardar su competitividad.
Objetivo
The European Green Deal sets ambitious targets to GHG emission reductions for the process industry, that can only partly be reached by the transition to renewable energy. Residual, hard-to-abate CO2 emissions from industrial processes such as steel and cement production will need to be captured, and wherever possible, processed and recycled into new products. The shift towards low carbon processes may disrupt existing industrial symbiosis pathways. If no alternative linkages are developed, this may lead to increasing emissions in downstream sectors. The transitions in steel and energy production lead to dwindling supplies of low carbon resources for cement production such as blast furnace slag and coal fly ash. The core concept of Carbon4Minerals addresses the simultaneous use of CO2 from industrial flue gases with current and future waste streams to unlock a vast stock of resources for innovative low carbon binders and construction materials (80-135% lower CO2-emissions than reference). A total of 8 industrial pilots will be built and operated across the process value chain from CO2 capture to cement production and low carbon construction products. This cross-sectorial innovation has the potential to reduce European CO2 emissions by 46 Mt/y, equal to 10% of the EU process industry emissions, while safeguarding the competitiveness of the European industry. A consortium of technology providers, producers and research partners will develop, test and demonstrate the processes. Technical, environmental and economic feasibility will be validated by an integrated assessment, in combination with the development of a service life test package tailored to these new products. Co-learning modules are developed to support industrial implementation and market introduction.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoal
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologybiological interactions
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
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2400 Mol
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