The Work and Preliminary Results of the C4u Project on Advanced Carbon Capture for Steel Industries Integrated in Ccus Clusters

24 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2022

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Richard T. J. Porter

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

Juan Carlos Abanades

Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Alvaro Amieiro

Johnson Matthey Technology Centre

Syed Zaheer Abbas

The University of Manchester

Silvian Baltac

Element Energy

Solomon Brown

University of Sheffield - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Marcos Cano Bertiz

ArcelorMittal Global R&D Asturias

Elena Catalanotti

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

Shaoyun Chen

Dalian University of Technology

Paul Cobden

Swerim

Eric De Coninck

ArcelorMittal

Heleen de Coninck

Radhoud University

V de Gooyert

Radboud University Nijmegen

Jude O. Ejeh

University of Sheffield - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Milan Elkerbout

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

José-Ramón Fernández

Spanish Research Council CSIC-INCAR

Gemma Grasa

Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Jérôme Hebrard

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)

Thomas Hennequin

Radboud University Nijmegen

Zahra Janipour

Radboud University Nijmegen

Navid Khallaghi

Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester

Robert A.W. Kok

Radboud University Nijmegen - Institute for Management Research

Francisco Javier Lago Fernández

ArcelorMittal Global R&D Asturias

Michael Lechner

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

Haroun Mahgerefteh

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

Giampaolo Manzolini

Polytechnic University of Milan

Sergey Martynov

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

Mitchell Amelia

Element Energy

Johannis A.Z. Pieterse

TNO Energy-Transition

christophe proust

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)

Monisha Rastogi

Carmeuse Research and Technology

Dorothee Rebscher

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

Sara Rosendahl

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Fabio Ruggeri

Wood PLC

Vincenzo Spallina

The University of Manchester

Floris Swennenhuis

Radboud University Nijmegen - Department of Environmental Science

Jean-Yves Tilquin

Carmeuse Research and Technology

S. van der Veer

Kisuma Chemicals

H.A.J. van Dijk

TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Rosalie van Zelm

Radboud University Nijmegen

Date Written: November 14, 2022

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the aims, objectives and preliminary findings of the C4U holistic interdisciplinary project, which addresses all the essential elements required for the optimal integration of CO2 capture in the iron and steel industry as part of the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) chain. The project’s scope spans pilot-scale demonstration of two highly efficient CO2 capture technologies at TRL7 designed for optimal integration into an iron and steel plant along with detailed consideration of the safety, environmental, societal, policy and business aspects for successful incorporation of CCUS into the North Sea Port industrial cluster. The new sorbent-based CO2 capture technologies in C4U are known as DISPLACE (high temperature sorption-DISPLACEment process for CO2 recovery) and CASOH (Calcium Assisted Steel-mill Off-gas Hydrogen production). Both approaches involve high-temperature gas-solid separation processes that reduce the exergy penalty associated with CO2 capture. The progress made on the design and construction of pilot-scale CO2 capture test facilities for assessing the technologies’ performance is presented, along with results of uniquely developed mathematical models and laboratory-scale tests performed for gaining understanding of the physical and chemical phenomena underpinning the processes. The use of these results to establish the full-scale design of the technologies for deployment in an integrated steel-mill using process simulation techniques while quantifying the techno-economic and environmental performance in comparison to reference technologies (e.g. amine based CO2 capture) is also discussed. Analysis undertaken to help interface the technologies with CO2 transport and storage infrastructure is described with particular regard to requirements to meet target compositional specifications, operational safety of CO2 pipelines while also carrying impurities and mathematical tools required for the design and operation of a CCUS cluster in view of future expansion. The development of novel business models for facilitating deployment so that the long-term business case can be established through consideration of the concerns of a multitude of various stakeholders and identification of optimal scenarios for overcoming financial risks is discussed. Progress on evaluating societal readiness and public support for CCUS through just transitions in industrial clusters is also presented. The project’s work is expected to demonstrate CO2 capture from an integrated steel-mill in safe and economic CCUS value chains while establishing viable pathways to rollout of CCUS in industrial clusters.

Keywords: Steel sector, pilot-scale demonstation, process simulation, cost analysis, CO2 quality, pipeline transport, utilisation and storage, just transition, business model.

Suggested Citation

Porter, Richard T. J. and Abanades, Juan Carlos and Amieiro, Alvaro and Abbas, Syed Zaheer and Baltac, Silvian and Brown, Solomon and Cano Bertiz, Marcos and Catalanotti, Elena and Chen, Shaoyun and Cobden, Paul Dean and De Coninck, Eric and de Coninck, Heleen and de Gooyert, Vincent and Ejeh, Jude O. and Elkerbout, Milan and Fernández, José-Ramón and Grasa, Gemma and Hebrard, Jérôme and Hennequin, Thomas and Janipour, Zahra and Khallaghi, Navid and Kok, Robert A.W. and Lago Fernández, Francisco Javier and Lechner, Michael and Mahgerefteh, Haroun and Manzolini, Giampaolo and Martynov, Sergey and Amelia, Mitchell and Pieterse, Johannis A.Z. and proust, christophe and Rastogi, Monisha and Rebscher, Dorothee and Rosendahl, Sara and Ruggeri, Fabio and Spallina, Vincenzo and Swennenhuis, Floris and Tilquin, Jean-Yves and van der Veer, S. and van Dijk, H.A.J. and van Zelm, Rosalie, The Work and Preliminary Results of the C4u Project on Advanced Carbon Capture for Steel Industries Integrated in Ccus Clusters (November 14, 2022). Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) 23-24 Oct 2022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4276718 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4276718

Richard T. J. Porter (Contact Author)

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

United Kingdom

Juan Carlos Abanades

Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) ( email )

28006 Madrid
Spain

Alvaro Amieiro

Johnson Matthey Technology Centre ( email )

Blounts Court Road
Reading, RG4 9NH
United Kingdom

Syed Zaheer Abbas

The University of Manchester ( email )

Booth St West
Manchester, N/A M15 6PB
United Kingdom

Silvian Baltac

Element Energy

Suite 1 Bishop Bateman Court, Thompson’s Lane
Cambridge, CB5 8AQ
United Kingdom

Solomon Brown

University of Sheffield - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering ( email )

Sheffield
United Kingdom

Marcos Cano Bertiz

ArcelorMittal Global R&D Asturias

Spain

Elena Catalanotti

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

United Kingdom

Shaoyun Chen

Dalian University of Technology ( email )

Huiying Rd
DaLian, LiaoNing, Liaoning 116024
China

Paul Dean Cobden

Swerim ( email )

Aronstorpsvägen 1
Luleå 974 37
Sweden

Eric De Coninck

ArcelorMittal ( email )

Kryvorizhstali str., 1
Kryviy Rih, 50400
Ukraine

Heleen De Coninck

Radhoud University ( email )

Nijmegen, 6500 GL
Netherlands

Vincent De Gooyert

Radboud University Nijmegen ( email )

Postbus 9108
Nijmegen, 6500 HK
Netherlands

Jude O. Ejeh

University of Sheffield - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering ( email )

United Kingdom

Milan Elkerbout

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) ( email )

1 Place du Congres, 1000
Brussels, 1000
Belgium

José-Ramón Fernández

Spanish Research Council CSIC-INCAR

Francisco Pintado Fe 26
Oviedo, 33011
Spain

Gemma Grasa

Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) ( email )

Miguel Luesma Castán 4
Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50018
Spain

Jérôme Hebrard

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) ( email )

60550 Verneuil-En-Halatte
France

Thomas Hennequin

Radboud University Nijmegen ( email )

Postbus 9108
Nijmegen, 6500 HK
Netherlands

Zahra Janipour

Radboud University Nijmegen ( email )

Postbus 9108
Nijmegen, 6500 HK
Netherlands

Navid Khallaghi

Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester ( email )

United Kingdom

Robert A.W. Kok

Radboud University Nijmegen - Institute for Management Research ( email )

PO Box 9108
Nijmegen, 6500 HK
Netherlands

Francisco Javier Lago Fernández

ArcelorMittal Global R&D Asturias ( email )

Spain

Michael Lechner

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

Stilleweg 2
Hannover, DE 30655
Germany

Haroun Mahgerefteh

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

United Kingdom

Giampaolo Manzolini

Polytechnic University of Milan ( email )

Piazza Leonardo da Vinci
Milan, Milano 20100
Italy

Sergey Martynov

University College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

United Kingdom

Mitchell Amelia

Element Energy

Suite 1 Bishop Bateman Court, Thompson’s Lane
Cambridge, CB5 8AQ
United Kingdom

Johannis A.Z. Pieterse

TNO Energy-Transition ( email )

Netherlands

Christophe Proust

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) ( email )

Monisha Rastogi

Carmeuse Research and Technology

Belgium

Dorothee Rebscher

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)

Stilleweg 2
Hannover, DE 30655
Germany

Sara Rosendahl

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

1 Place du Congres, 1000
Brussels, 1000
Belgium

Fabio Ruggeri

Wood PLC

United Kingdom

Vincenzo Spallina

The University of Manchester ( email )

Booth St West
Manchester, N/A M15 6PB
United Kingdom

Floris Swennenhuis

Radboud University Nijmegen - Department of Environmental Science ( email )

Comeniuslaan 4, 6525 HP
Nijmegen
Netherlands

Jean-Yves Tilquin

Carmeuse Research and Technology

Belgium

S. Van der Veer

Kisuma Chemicals

Billitonweg 7
9641
Netherlands

H.A.J. Van Dijk

TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research ( email )

Netherlands

Rosalie Van Zelm

Radboud University Nijmegen

Postbus 9108
Nijmegen, 6500 HK
Netherlands

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