In 2023, the temperature of the earth reached 1.48 degrees, which is close to the warning value of 1.5 ° C of the Paris Agreement. Carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) is regarded by international scientists as a key means to reverse the climate and a key strategy to achieve the net-zero path.
Taiwan Cement Group recently signed a letter of intent (MOU) for carbon capture project cooperation with ThyssenKrupp Polysius (tkPOL), a subsidiary of the well-known German Thyssenkrupp Industrial Group, which will use the No.1 kiln of Hualien Peace Plant as the field of carbon capture technology. Jointly develop the third generation of pure oxygen combustion process and technology to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide captured in the process to more than 90% by adding pure oxygen to the cement calcination process, while reducing the energy required in the carbon capture process.
The project is expected to be completed in 2026, with the goal of mastering the core technology of commercial transfer by 2030 and capturing 100000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. In the future, in addition to providing cross-industry services such as industrial welding, chemical industry, and food processing, the application of carbon dioxide capture in cooperation with government policy assessment of the feasibility of carbon sequestration and carbon rights, or value-added utilization, will be the planning direction.
The signing ceremony was signed by Zhang Anping, chairman of Taiwan Cement Group, and the tkPOL CEO Pablo Roman Hofelich. "Cement has created the civilized society we live in today, and Taiwan Cement will continue to participate in energy transformation and support the development of future civilization," said Zhang Anping, chairman of the board. But we are also emitting greenhouse gases. Therefore, this cooperation is to solve this problem. Polysius is a great brand in the cement industry, and we are honored to be able to create the future with you, not only for the cement industry, but also for the world. "I think Taiwan Cement is one of the most innovative companies in the Asian region," said the
tkPOL CEO Pablo Roman Hofelich. You are clearly committed to green transformation and to making the world a better place, and we are honored to be a partner of Taiwan Cement Corporation. I believe that with the pure oxygen calcination process, it is not only the most efficient way to reduce carbon emissions, but it is also based on the existing cement process combined with carbon sequestration, which makes a great contribution towards net zero.
Carbon capture is the world's leading climate technology. Since 2011, Taiwan Cement has jointly developed calcium loop carbon dioxide capture and microalgae carbon sequestration technology with Taiwan Industrial Research Institute. On the basis of verification and solid operation experience, it has now jointly developed the third generation pure oxygen combustion process and technology with German tkPOL. It is divided into three stages: conceptual design, construction drawing design and construction. By adding pure oxygen to the cement calcination process, the concentration of carbon dioxide captured in the process is increased to more than 90%, and the complexity of the carbon capture process is also reduced.
tkPOL is assisting Heidelberg and other well-known European cement companies to carry out Catch4Climate forward-looking plan, which is also one of the important carbon capture projects in the world. At present, it has built a pure oxygen combustion kiln system for cement plants in Germany, using pure oxygen to enter the combustion process. The concentration of carbon dioxide produced during clinker calcination can be increased , and then it can be purified and reused or directly liquefied and sealed to achieve carbon reduction benefits, so as to develop synthetic fuels reFuels with carbon reduction effect.
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