Carbon Capture for CO 2 Emission Reduction in the Cement Industry in Germany

Peter Markewitz, Li Zhao, Maximilian Ryssel, Gkiokchan Moumin, Yuan Wang, Christian Sattler, Martin Robinius and Detlef Stolten
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Peter Markewitz: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Li Zhao: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Maximilian Ryssel: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Gkiokchan Moumin: Institute of Solar Research, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, D-51147 Köln, Germany
Yuan Wang: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Christian Sattler: Institute of Solar Research, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, D-51147 Köln, Germany
Martin Robinius: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Detlef Stolten: Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-25

Abstract: The share of global CO 2 emissions deriving from the cement industry is about 5%. More than 50% of these are process-related and cannot be avoided. This paper addresses the application of CO 2 capture technology to the cement industry. Analyses focusing on post-combustion technology for cement plants are carried out on the basis of detailed model calculations. Different heat supply variants for the regeneration of loaded wash solution were investigated. CO 2 avoidance costs are in a range of 77 to 115 EUR/tCO 2 . The achievable CO 2 avoidance rate for the investigated cases was determined to be 70% to 90%. CO 2 reduction potentials were identified using CCS technology, focusing on the German cement industry as a case study. The results show that adopting carbon capture technology could lead to a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions.

Keywords: carbon capture; CO 2 emissions reduction; cement plant; MEA absorption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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