SPIRE
Brokerage event
October 22nd
2013
SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
INDUSTRY
EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL
COMPETTIVENESS TROUGH
RESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Project Idea Presentation:
Convert Chem2Steel and Steel2Chem
Cross sectorial use of process gases as
feedstock for steel and basic chemicals (BFI)
BFI-VDEh Institut GmbH
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private research institute, founded in 1968
non-profit limited liability company
sole stockholder: Steel Institute VDEh
staff of 140 people, 70 % with academic degree
budget approx. 15 Mio €, up to 6 % from VDEh,
94 % from industry, EU, BMBF, …
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Project Idea Concept
Converting Process Gases into Feedstock for
Chemicals and Ironmaking
Stahlindustrie
Steel
Industry
Energiewirtschaft
Energy
Management
A lot of combustible process gases are used for energy supply
• Iron and Steel works
• Chemical industry
• Petroleum refineries
Utilisation as feedstock for chemicals as well as ironmaking and
Alternative coverage of the resulting energy gap shall give additional
economic value
Chemical industry has shown that in their chemical park concepts
To extend that concept crossing the boarders of branches it is
necessary to get suitable technical solutions
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Steam
Project Idea Concept
Converting Process Gases into Feedstock for
Chemicals and Ironmaking
Stahlindustrie
Steel
Industry
Energiewirtschaft
Energy
Management
Steel Production
Chemical Industry
Gas Processing
Reductant
Syngas
Process Gas
Process Gas
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Steam
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Syntheses
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Cleaning
Separation
Conditioning
CO2-Activation
Steam
Steam
Basic Chemicals
Fuels
Polymeres
Example Steelwork Gases
Component [Vol. %]
Calorific Value
[kJ/m3]
H2
CO
CO2
N2
CH4
C2H6
SKW
O2
Coke Oven
16.000
60,1
6,4
2,0
6,9
22,7
0,5
2,0
0,0
Converter
10.000
4,1
67,3
15,4
13,0
0,0
0,0
0,0
0,5
Blast Furnace
4.000
3,9
23,6
23,8
48,7
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0,0
0,0
0,0
Link to Spire Roadmap and Call Topic:
SPIRE 2. Key Component: Process
KA 2.5: New energy and resource management
concepts (including industrial symbiosis)
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Example: Process gas from
Propylene plant
Gas out of the dehydrogenation due to
stoichiometry and process selectivity
Hydrogen: 90 – 93%
Hydrocarbons: difference
Gas out of LPG feedstock cleaning
Ethane-Butane mix
Link to Spire Roadmap and Call Topic:
SPIRE 2. Key Component: Process
KA 2.5: New energy and resource management
concepts (including industrial symbiosis)
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Idea Impact
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Cross-sectorial usage of process gas components
(CO,H2) as feedstock for chemicals as well as
reductant and for CO2 activation
Efficient use of the energy of exothermal conversion
Additional feedstock for chemical industry not to be
covered by refineries
Additional reductant for steel industry
Reduction of CO2 Emission by holistic substance use
Connecting Steel, Chemical and Refinery Industry
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Project Consortium
Potential partners:
Integrated steel works
Petroleum Refinery
Chemical industry
Plant builders (petrol chemistry, DRI processes)
Research institutions (petrol chemistry, reactor
design, process integration, ressource
consumption modeling)
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Contact details
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH
Michael Hensmann
Project Leader
Department Process Chemistry and Resource
Technology Feedstock
michael.hensmann@bfi.de
Tel +49(0)211 6707-206
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