Project description
An innovative concept for decarbonisation of carbon-intensive industries
Iron and steel industries are among the most carbon-intensive consumers, requiring innovative programmes for their decarbonisation. An innovative proposal combines power to gas (PtG) technology that uses electrical power and oxy-fuel combustion to produce synthetic natural gas for the iron and steel industries. The EU-funded DISIPO project intends to reach TRL 2 in the novel PtG-oxy-fuel-iron/steel concept through research objectives to design, simulate and optimise a complete plan of the concept, to estimate the maximum reduction of CO2 related to the operation of the industries and availability of the renewable energy sources, and to conduct an economic and life-cycle analysis comparing the concept with existing operational concepts. In addition, the concept permits CO2 recycling in carbon-intensive industries.
Objective
The project presents a novel concept that combines Power to Gas (PtG energy storage) and oxy-fuel combustion (carbon capture) to decarbonise carbon-intensive industries (iron/steel as case study). PtG consumes renewable electricity to produce H2 (stored energy) and O2 (byproduct). This O2 is fed in the oxy-fuel furnace in the iron industry to attain a high concentrated CO2 stream, thus avoiding the energy penalization of requiring an air separation unit. Besides, the stored H2 and the captured CO2 are combined via methanation to produce synthetic natural gas to be used in the industry or distributed through the gas network. The overall objective of the project is to reach TRL 2 in the novel PtG–Oxy-fuel–Iron/Steel concept through the following research objectives: 1) To design, simulate and optimize the integrated layout of the novel concept, 2) To assess the maximum CO2 abatement under a proper operational strategy adapted to the industry and the availability of the renewable energy resource, and 3) To compare the concept with iron/steel industries operating with conventional CCS, under economic and life-cycle analyses. The training covers 1) simulation of energy intensive industries, 2) market and industrial criteria and constrains for adopting new technologies, 3) life-cycle assessment and 4) horizontal skills through a wide-ranging programme of activities. These objectives will be reached through a mobility period in Waseda University supervised by Prof. Nakagaki (over 20 years of experience in the topic and 71 patents in collaboration with industry) and a secondment to K1-MET (Austrian Competence Centre for Advanced Metallurgy, driven by the Austrian steel industry). The project is relevant for MSCA due the extensive planned training aimed to gain skills and maturity as researcher, and also because the proposed concept allows recycling CO2 in carbon-intensive industries whose emission-causing processes cannot be replaced with direct electrification.
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels fossil energy natural gas
- engineering and technology environmental engineering carbon capture engineering
- engineering and technology materials engineering metallurgy
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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50009 ZARAGOZA
Spain
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