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EMISSION REDUCTION

Infraserv Höchst commissions carbon capture pilot

plant at industrial park

Germany-based provider of chemi- ration with regard to various parameters.
cal site development services, Infraserv Data is collected on the capture rate, the
Höchst has commissioned a carbon purity of the CO , the decomposition of
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capture pilot plant at Industriepark the scrubbing agent used to bind and cap-
Höchst – its chemical & pharmaceuti- ture the CO and the energy requirement.
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cal industrial park in Germany featur-
ing over 90 companies. “Essentially, we are evaluating the
energy requirements, efficiency and costs
The pilot plant at the park’s sewage of a large-scale separation system at an
sludge incineration facility will gather incineration plant,” explained Dr. Sirko
data and experience on the feasibility Ogriseck, Project Manager at Infraserv
of capturing CO from flue gases. The lity. That includes the various ways to Höchst.
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pilot plant was supplied by GEA, a lead- use CO ,” he added.
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ing provider of process technologies The sewage sludge incineration plant
and sustainable industrial solutions. Infraserv said it is continuously explo- was deliberately chosen because part
Infraserv Höchst is renting the plant for ring the market to identify potential of the CO is of biogenic origin. In the
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a period of three months. customers for captured CO . future, Infraserv would like to supply this
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CO to startups so that they can use it in
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“Pilot plants of this kind are indis- Separation challenges their syntheses together with low-carbon
pensable for testing the process and As part of the project, a partial flow energies such as green hydrogen and
collecting the necessary data. This is of flue gas is extracted from the chimney green electricity.
the prerequisite for being able to ope- at Infraserv Höchst’s sewage sludge
rate our own, larger carbon capture incineration plant in order to scrub out and Biogenic CO enables the climate-
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plants at Industriepark Höchst in the separate the CO it contains. This poses neutral production of chemical products,
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future,” explained Dr. Joachim Kreysing, a particular challenge because the flue gas fuels and materials whose CO balance
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Managing Director of Infraserv Höchst. from an incineration plant contains many would otherwise be negative, and
“We want to create the best conditions different components. The test phase is supports the transformation of the chemical
at Industriepark Höchst to enable our therefore crucial in order to gain experi- industry towards a greenhouse gas-neutral
customers to move towards sustainabi- ence and test the feasibility of CO sepa- circular economy.
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GREENER CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAINS
P&G develops decarbonisation framework

for consumer goods industry

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has deve- for structured tools that help the chemi- basis for comparing both established and
loped a new decision-making framework cal and consumer goods industries emerging low-carbon technologies. It is
to help chemical and consumer goods reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. designed to support decision-making in
manufacturers chart low-carbon tech- chemical manufacturing by evaluating
nology pathways, aiming to accelerate The framework, co-supported by the environmental and economic trade-
decarbonisation across global supply UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) offs of different technology pathways.
chains. via Innovate UK and P&G, brings together
lifecycle assessment (LCA), techno- The research highlights the impor-
The project, which ran for 18 economic assessment (TEA) and policy tance of integrating low-cost green elec-
months, addresses the growing demand analysis to provide a comprehensive tricity and green hydrogen into manu-

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