Vertical E: Industry Decarbonisation Solutions

The lecture explores synthetic fuel production as a strategy for industrial decarbonization. It examines CO₂ as a resource, highlighting its role in creating sustainable fuels through electrochemical, thermocatalytic, and photocatalytic processes. The session discusses key technologies such as electrolysis connected to CO₂ reuse, chemical looping, and photoelectrochemical systems, emphasizing the importance of renewable energy integration. The lecture concludes with insights into the potential of synthetic fuels for hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and heavy industry.

The lecture focuses on industrial decarbonization strategies for the steel industry and high-temperature heat applications, examining current production methods, associated emissions, and the potential role of hydrogen in reducing carbon footprint in these hard-to-abate sectors.

The lecture presents an overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and utilization technologies as part of climate change mitigation strategies. It covers the global CO2 cycle, different capture processes (oxy-fuel combustion, pre-combustion, and post-combustion), and various capture methods including absorption using Ca-looping and ionic liquids, membrane permeation, and chemical looping technologies. The lecture emphasizes how captured CO2 can be considered a potential commodity rather than just a problem, highlighting several innovative approaches for its effective capture and conversion into useful products.

The lecture provides an overview of the circular economy, focusing on key concepts, applications for industrial decarbonization, and in particular on the process and systems of remanufacturing.