In Situ Catalytic Methanation of Real Steelworks Gases
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- voestalpine Stahl Linz GmbH
- K1-MET GmbH; Stahlstraße 14; Linz, 4020, Austria
Abstract
The by-product gases from the blast furnace and converter of an integrated steelworks highly contribute to today’s global CO2 emissions. Therefore, the steel industry is working on solutions to utilise these gases as a carbon source for product synthesis in order to reduce the amount of CO2 that is released into the environment. One possibility is the conversion of CO2 and CO to synthetic natural gas through methanation. This process is currently extensively researched, as the synthetic natural gas can be directly utilised in the integrated steelworks again, substituting for natural gas. This work addresses the in situ methanation of real steelworks gases in a lab-scaled, three-stage reactor setup, whereby the by-product gases are directly bottled at an integrated steel plant during normal operation, and are not further treated, i.e., by a CO2 separation step. Therefore, high shares of nitrogen are present in the feed gas for the methanation. Furthermore, due to the catalyst poisons present in the only pre-cleaned steelworks gases, an additional gas-cleaning step based on CuO-coated activated carbon is implemented to prevent an instant catalyst deactivation. Results show that, with the filter included, the steady state methanation of real blast furnace and converter gases can be performed without any noticeable deactivation in the catalyst performance.
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Translated title of the contribution | Direkte Methanisierung von realen Stahlwerksgasen |
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Original language | English |
Article number | 8131 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Energies : open-access journal of related scientific research, technology development and studies in policy and management |
Volume | 14.2021 |
Issue number | 23 |
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Publication status | Published - 3 Dec 2021 |