Research in Action
Our advances in breakthrough technologies
Find out more on some of research projects and technology demonstrators of potential breakthrough technologies:
- Norcem CCS: CO2 capture demonstrator
- ECRA: oxyfuel project (gas CO2 enrichment for optimising CCS/U)
- CEMCAP: CO2 capture technology
- CLEANKER: CO2 capture using calcium loop processing
- LEILAC: direct CO2 separation
For novel cement, main ongoing research projects include:
- SOLID LIFE: novel non-hydraulic binder
- AETHER: less limestone, lower temperature, less energy cement
- CELITEMENT: innovative cement production process
- ECO BINDER: insulating concrete systems based on novel low CO2 binders
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The ECRA CCS project aims at demonstrating oxyfuel technology, which uses pure oxygen instead of air in combination with flue gas recirculation in order to provide a high CO2 concentration exhaust gas stream for further capture in two pilot plants, in Austria (Retznei) and Italy (Colleferro).
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The Norcem’s Brevik CCS project using post-combustion technologies, a tail-end separation of CO2 from flue gas, has recently received financial support from the Norwegian government.
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CLEANKER is looking to advance the Calcium Looping (CaL) process for CO2 capture.The core activity of the project is the design, construction, and operation of a CaL demonstration system in the cement plant operated by Buzzi Unicem site in Vernasca (Italy). The CO2 from a portion of the flue gas of the cement plant is to captured. It can be then transported to a storage site or reused.
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The cement sector is also joining up with the lime industry to focus on the development of Direct Separation technology, which seeks to re-engineer the process flows of a traditional calciners by indirectly heating the material being processed and hence separate the process emissions and enabling pure CO2 to be captured (LEILAC project).
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The CEMCAP Project is a project funded by Horizon 2020. Its prime objective is to prepare the ground for large-scale implementation of CO2-capture in the European cement industry. Its focus is to demonstrate oxyfuel and post-combustion capture. In addition, a dedicated clinker cooler for oxyfuel cement plant will be designed and built.