Descrizione del progetto
Tecnologia innovativa per il trattamento dei rifiuti da costruzione
La cattura e l’utilizzo del carbonio (CCU, carbon capture and utilisation) è un processo che cattura l’anidride carbonica (CO2) e la converte in sostanze o prodotti di maggior valore. In questo contesto, il progetto Carbon8, finanziato dall’UE, ha sviluppato la tecnologia di carbonatazione accelerata (ACT, Accelerated Carbonation Technology), una versione controllata e accelerata del processo di carbonatazione naturale. Questa tecnologia offre una soluzione di economia circolare ai rifiuti da costruzione industriali e alle emissioni di CO2. Diversamente, i rifiuti dell’industria edilizia richiedono un costoso pre-trattamento prima del trasporto in discarica. L’ACT è già stata utilizzata con successo, su licenza di una società di gestione dei rifiuti, su larga scala. Il progetto mira a identificare i mercati e i prodotti finali adatti per una versione della tecnologia ACT su piccola scala.
Obiettivo
Carbon8 has developed Accelerated Carbonation Technology, ACT, a controlled, accelerated version of the naturally occurring carbonation process. It can be described as a CO2 capture and utilisation, or ‘CCU’, technology which captures CO2 to create a valuable, safe, carbon neutral or negative end-product which can be used as an aggregate by the construction industry.
The technology is applicable to hazardous waste from industries including cement, steel and Energy from Waste. These wastes otherwise represent a problem for the waste producer and typically require pre-treatment before transportation to landfill – at a cost of up to 150 Euros per tonne.
Carbon8’s technology has already been successfully deployed, under license by a waste management company, at large scale. This Phase 1 Project focuses on the identification of markets and suitable end-products for a small-scale version of the ACT technology - identified as more suitable to customer needs. The compact, containerized processing plant can be integrated into existing industrial processes, utilising CO2 contained in flue gas to treat the industrial waste. It represents a circular economy solution to both industrial waste and CO2 emissions.
Carbon8 estimates that around 20% of the EU’s 143 million tonnes of reactive waste might be available. These waste streams would have the potential to capture 3.5 Mt of CO2 /year. There is interest from major cement producers: Heidelberg, Lafarge, CRH, and Cemex and from EfW operators, particularly in northern Europe where disposal options are limited and costs highest.
By deploying smaller scale units with single waste streams, there is scope to fine tune the end product, an aggregate for the construction industry, with potential to ‘reverse-engineer’ a premium aggregate which can command a higher market value and further enhance the economic rationale.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
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ME207BG Aylesford
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