The project addressed a simplified integrated SNG process chain for small- to mid-scale lignite based SNG plants with integrated sequestration of CO2. The experimental proof was accomplished at two integrated SNG process chains at FAU laboratory. Within the 1st part of the project, thermodynamic...

Coal liquids (i.e., coal tar and anthracene oil) were successfully used to prepare graphene materials. Impregnating tars and binder tars with various chemical compositions and various primary quinoline insoluble (QI) content were polymerized and transformed into a pitch, which was subsequently...

Aiming at increased flexibility and use of alternative carbon materials (ACM) and sustainable use of carbon resources by reaching high injection levels of ACM (plastics, dusts, sludge etc.) and at decreasing the demand for coke and coal, physical and chemical characterisation, pre-treatment of...

This underground coal mining project addressed THE emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from the mining process and opportunities to improve the efficiency of energy use and hence secondary carbon dioxide emissions. Following extensive underpinning research into the specified problems, a...

Pitches differing in their properties (e.g. softening point) were produced from anthracene oil by thermal oxidative condensation. These pitches, their fractions and thermally treated products, were characterised by various techniques and their mass ranges, chemical structures and pyrolysis...

In the RFCS project 'Acasos', alternative carbon sources, for example olive pits, sunflower husks, blast furnace (BF) dust and sludge, anthracite and pet coke, were analysed, pre-treated and evaluated by sinter pot tests and industrial sinter plant trials. It was found that pre-treatment is...

The aim of the project was to find an effective way for selection of optimal raw materials to obtain the highest quality coke for the steel production. The approach to the problem was twofold: optimization of coal blends composition and prediction of coke quality straight from these blends...

This report summarises the achievements during the project runtime from 01.07.2009-30.06.2012 of the RFCS-project RFCR-CT-2009-00003 'Substitute natural gas from coal with internal sequestration of CO2' (CO2freeSNG). The project focused on the design and feasibility of medium-scale plants for...

The main scientific objective of the project was to achieve a technological proof-of-concept and a detailed economical evaluation for CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants with the indirectly heated carbonate looping process. A very innovative and scalable 300 kWth pilot plant was designed,...

IERO project aims at developing a breakthrough technology to produce steel without any direct CO2 emissions. The economic model of this new route shows that the conditions for electrolysis to be the dominant technology of the steel industry in 2035 are a high carbon value of 150€.t-1CO2 and a...