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From residual steel gasses to methanol

Objective

The FReSMe project, From Residual Steel gases to Methanol, will produce a methanol that will be demonstrated in ship transportation. This green fuel will be produced from CO2, recovered from an industrial Blast Furnace, and H2 recovered both from the blast furnace gas itself, as well as H2 produced by electrolysis. The two different sources of H2 will enable (i) maximum use of the current residual energy content of blast furnace gas, while at the same time (ii) demonstrating a forward technology path where low carbon or renewable H2 become more ubiquitous.
The project will make use of the existing equipment from two pilot plants, one for the energy efficient separation of H2 and CO2 from blast furnace gas, and one for the production of methanol from a CO2-H2 syngas stream. This can be realised with a small amount of extra equipment, including supplemental H2 production from an electrolyser and a H2/N2 separation unit from commercially available equipment.
Methanol is a high volume platform chemical of universal use in chemical industry as well as applicable for fuelling internal combustion engines. As such it provides a promising pathway for the large scale re-use of CO2 to decarbonize the transportation and chemical sectors in Europe and decrease the dependence on fossil fuel imports. Production of methanol from CO2 offers the unique combination of scale, efficiency and economic value necessary to achieve large scale carbon reduction targets.
The pilot plant will run for a total of three months divided over three different runs with a nominal production rate of up to 50 kg/hr from an input of 800 m3/hr blast furnace gas. This size is commensurate with operation at TRL6, where all the essential steps in the process must be joined together in an industrial environment. The project will address the new integration options that this technology has within the Iron and Steel industry and contains supplementary and supporting research of underlying phenomena.

Call for proposal

H2020-LCE-2016-2017

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Sub call

H2020-LCE-2016-RES-CCS-RIA

Coordinator

I-DEALS INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY VENTURING SERVICES SL
Net EU contribution
€ 697 000,00
Address
Av. Manoteras 52
28050 Madrid
Spain

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00

Participants (12)

STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND

Participation ended

Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 399 099,39
Address
Westerduinweg 3
1755 LE Petten
Region
West-Nederland Noord-Holland Kop van Noord-Holland
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
SWERIM AB
Sweden
Net EU contribution
€ 4 422 115,00
Address
Arontorpsvagen 1
971 25 Lulea

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Norra Sverige Övre Norrland Norrbottens län
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
CRI EHF
Iceland
Net EU contribution
€ 1 849 375,00
Address
Holtasmara 1
201 Kopavogur

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
KEMIJSKI INSTITUT
Slovenia
Net EU contribution
€ 754 900,00
Address
Hajdrihova 19
1000 Ljubljana

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Region
Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI

Participation ended

Romania
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
Mihail Kogalniceanu 1
400084 Cluj Napoca
Region
Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Cluj
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
SSAB EMEA AB
Sweden
Net EU contribution
€ 135 625,00
Address
N/a
61380 Oxeloesund

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Region
Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Södermanlands län
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
Stena Rederi AB
Sweden
Net EU contribution
€ 135 025,00
Address
Masthuggsterminalen
405 19 Gothenburg

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Region
Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
KISUMA CHEMICALS BV
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 250 000,00
Address
Billitonweg 7
9641 KZ Veendam

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Region
Noord-Nederland Groningen Oost-Groningen
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY BV
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 207 500,00
Address
Wenckebachstraat 1
1951 JZ Velsen Noord

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Region
West-Nederland Noord-Holland IJmond
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
ARRAY INDUSTRIES BV
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 1 250 000,00
Address
Hoogeveenenweg 29
2913LV Nieuwerkerk Aan Den Ijssel

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 300 000,00
Address
Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32
20133 Milano

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Region
Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 1 006 085,61
Address
Anna Van Buerenplein 1
2595 DA Den Haag

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Region
West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00