This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654465

LEILAC Project Overview UKCCSRC Biannual, Edinburgh, 2016-09-14

www.project-leilac.eu

€12m H2020 grant plus € 9m in-kind •

5-year project, start in early 2016

Indirect heating raw meal: •

Calix Ltd patented Direct Separation



Direct capture of process-related CO2

Planned pilot plant at CBR Lixhe, Belgium •

Lime application 8 t/h



Cement application 10 t/h

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654465

LEILAC Pilot Plant is strategically located at CBR Lixhe, Belgium

Proposed site of the LEILAC pilot plant

Lixhe close to Dutch border (Maastricht)

A technology solution to capture CO2 emissions from the vital cement and lime industries… The Context: • Cement and lime are two critical European industries, employing more than 388,000 people across Europe. • Cement ≈ 5% of global anthropogenic emissions of CO2. • Lime, while being the smallest sector within the European Emissions Trading System, has the highest CO2 intensity related to turnover. • The EU has set an ambitious CO2 emissions target: cutting emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050; contributions must come from all sectors The Challenge: • Around 60% of cement and lime’s total CO2 emissions are released directly, and unavoidably, from the calcination of limestone CaCO3(g)  CaO + CO2(g) • Cement and lime are under intense competitive and cost pressures

Direct Separation is proven at commercial scale for magnesite processing…

CALIX DIRECT SEPARATION REACTOR FOR MAGNESITE (MgCO3) [calcination up to 780 °C] Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Aus

Calix’ s Direct Separation Reactor (“DSR”) … Output

Principle

• •

A pure CO2 stream 5 to 10 times more reactive product

• • • •

Retrofit or new-build Flexible mineral input Flexible fuels Pre-heating combined with accurately controlled temperature and residence time minimises sintering and loss of activity Can handle fines that cannot be processed by conventional lime kilns, but appropriate for cement meal and limestone fines. Enhances other CO2 abatement technologies (e.g. oxyfuel firing) and alternative fuels.

• •

Cost

• •

Captures CO2 for no energy penalty (just compression). Comparable capital costs + potentially lower operating and maintenance costs to conventional kilns

LEILAC is a first step towards wider technology roll-out…

DISSEMINATION

TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

1 LEILAC pilot plant • • • • • • • • • • •

Input feed capacity of 10 tph of cement meal, or 8 tph limestone Efficiently capture > 95% of CO2 process emissions, and verify purity of CO2 Investigate steel performance at up to 1040 °C (to achieve calcination at < 950 °C) Evaluate & mitigate scale-up technical risks (240 to 5,000 t/d cement)/use of flexible fuel Confirm low energy penalty/capital costs Confirm suitability of cement & lime products Life Cycle Analysis Techno-economic analysis Disseminate data and findings which support the anticipated performance and cost of fullscale application. Share knowledge with public, industry, policy-makers, peer projects, scientific community. Establish a roadmap for the cement and lime industry.

2

3

DSR large scale demo

DSR international roll-out

LEILAC At Imperial College Imperial College are active in several R&D tasks contributing to LEILAC pre-FEED and FEED periods Key involvement: •

Investigation of kinetics of calcination and recarbonation in a steam environment; including commissioning of suspension reactor [see image]



Product evaluation, i.e., the suitability of test products for use in cement and lime industries, using appropriate in-house test methods



Definition of reference technologies for subsequent modelling: lime industry, cement industry, suitable CO2 capture



Modelling of radiative heat transfer in the Direct Separation reactor

Lead: Paul Fennell & Nilay Shah Postdocs: John Blamey & Tom Hills Chemical Engineering Department

LEILAC at Imperial College London: Paul Fennell; [email protected] Nilay Shah; [email protected] John Blamey; [email protected] Tom Hills; [email protected] LEILAC Contacts at Calix: Adam Vincent, LEILAC Project Manager, [email protected] Daniel Rennie, LEILAC Project Co-ordinator, [email protected]

www.project-leilac.eu

@ProjectLEILAC