![]() This technology has so far been successfully demonstrated at both pilot scale and small scale at a working farm in Yorkshire, capturing up to 1 tonne of CO2 per day. In addition, the lower chemical corrosivity allows use of cheaper materials of construction, resulting in lower process capital as well as operating costs. The process requires an energy consumption of just 1.5 GJ per tonne of recovered CO2, representing a 43% increase in energy efficiency compared to amine based processes. Aiming to mitigate these drawbacks, Prof Chris Rayner from the company C-Capture, presented a carbon capture and storage technology that utilises an amine-free and readily available commodity chemical solvent. These processes are typically associated with high cost and energy requirements, as well as inherent environmental impacts due to chemical corrosivity. Whilst there is a strong recognised need to capture and utilise carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across various industries, current processes typically utilise traditional technologies such as the selective reaction of CO2 with amine solvents. “The most energy efficient viable CO2 capture process.” Reducing our Footprint: Carbon Dioxide Capture This could be critical to help meet short and medium term goals for low carbon liquid fuels, as well as significantly increasing air quality and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.ģ. “The use of catalytic hydrothermal reaction to recycle plastics back to useful oils and gases resulted in a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional refineries”Īmerican company, Velocys presented their project to capitalise on domestic and commercial waste, represented by a current UK net export market opportunity of 3 million tonnes per year, by building the UK’s first commercial waste-to-fuels plant to produce aviation jet fuel. This chemically recycles plastic back to useful oils and gases, reducing cost of landfill diversion and production of biofuels. Australian company, Licella presented their use of catalytic hydrothermal reaction using supercritical water at high temperatures and pressures for end-of-life plastics upgrading. “Up to 40% of plastic packaging ends up as waste, with a typical 6 month lifetime”ĭuring the conference a wide array of technological and process advances across the bioresources market were presented. However, challenges remain in the respective industries with regards to the requirement for complex collection infrastructure, as well as significantly increasing awareness and understanding of the high value of wastes and potential for resource recovery. This is mainly due to the large abundance of these resources, in addition to high value products and conversion opportunities to biofuels. So far International Synergies Limited have recognised that three of the largest opportunities come from food waste (representing up to a third of food produced), wood from logging and timber industries, as well as animal manure and organic waste. There are large opportunities in thinking about this as a resource Up to one third of produced food goes to waste. Performing artificial intelligence (AI) analysis on the success of the newly created supply chains has resulted in collective learning of process and matches that lead to successful operations and economic benefits. This process has been termed ‘Industrial Symbiosis’ and facilitates recycling and re-use processes that are both cost and resource efficient. ![]() In particular, James Woodcock presented software that use algorithms to match waste products from one company with required feedstocks for other companies. The potential of the ‘bioeconomy’ has been evaluated through quantitative analysis of the potential market opportunities. In this blog we share the four key themes emerging from the conference and what they mean for the industry.ġ. The remaining portion of this market represents a significant opportunity to sustainably capture and fully realise resource value. However, despite the UK producing 200 million tonnes per year, currently only 55% is either recycled for further use (44%), recovered (10%) or used for energy recovery (1%). The bioresources market is quickly gaining traction and possesses vast future growth potential in 2016 the UK waste and recycling sectors generated a turnover of £18.1 bn, with a gross value added (GVA) of £6.7 bn. The conference shared some of the latest developments in the bioresources market including innovative solutions to some key issues facing the world today such as industrial symbiosis, decarbonisation, waste plastics recycling, hydrogen and waste to fuel for transport. In September 2018, 3ADAPT attended the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) International Bioresources Conference alongside senior industrialists, business leaders, scientists, academics and agriculturalists from across global markets.
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