{"id":626286,"date":"2024-07-01T21:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T21:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:58:03","slug":"industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Industrial carbon management could reduce costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdc114a93\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdc114a93\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/#What_is_ICM\" >What is ICM?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/#ICM_application_in_the_aluminum_sector\" >ICM application in the aluminum sector<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/#Main_barriers\" >Main barriers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/industrial-carbon-management-could-reduce-costs\/#Alternative_decarbonization_technologies\" >Alternative decarbonization technologies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/mitigating-aluminum-in.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/mitigating-aluminum-in.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/mitigating-aluminum-in.jpg\" alt=\"Mitigating aluminum industry emissions: Industrial carbon management could reduce costs\" title=\"Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC136525\">new report<\/a> released by the European Commission&#8217;s Joint Research Center (JRC) confirmed industrial carbon management (ICM) as a range of promising technologies for mitigating CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions, in particular in energy-intensive industries such as the aluminum industry. Some adjustments will be required to tailor the process to the specific sector.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    Aluminum is an essential material to manufacture many products, from cars to health care and aerospace components. To produce it more responsibly, it is key to find ways to decarbonize the production process. We will need to make use of the full range of low carbon technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Decarbonizing the aluminum sector is challenging mostly because the production of alumina, the main ingredient in aluminum, is energy-intensive (the primary aluminum industry emitted 2.75 million metric tons of CO<sub>2<\/sub> in 2022 in the EU, equivalent to 9.4 million newly registered passenger cars in the EU in 2022 driving 2,705 km each).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, reducing its emissions is essential for the industry to contribute to the EU&#8217;s 2030 and 2050 decarbonization targets.<\/p>\n<p>The JRC&#8217;s report assesses four decarbonization options (inert anodes, hydrogen, electrification and ICM) and concludes that ICM is among the technologies at hand with the largest potential to mitigate emissions in this sector.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_ICM\"><\/span>What is ICM?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ICM is a set of technologies that capture CO<sub>2<\/sub> from industrial operations or energy production plants and safely transport and store it underground (carbon capture and storage\u2014CCS). The CO<sub>2<\/sub> can also be utilized as input for creating other products, such as chemicals and materials (carbon capture and utilization\u2014CCU). Finally, the CO<sub>2<\/sub> can be removed from the atmosphere, where permanent storage involves biogenic or atmospheric CO<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., ICM has mostly been used in the oil and gas industry as a way to obtain a CO<sub>2<\/sub> stream for enhanced oil recovery (EOR\u2014a process where CO<sub>2<\/sub> is pumped into an oilfield in order to enhance the oil recovery). However, there has been an increasing focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lying ICM as a climate-mitigation tool for managing and storing carbon emissions to support the decarbonization of heavy industries, such as the aluminum one.<\/p>\n<p>In the aluminum sector, ICM could be one of the feasible decarbonization solutions, especially for facilities that: have access to cost-effective fossil fuels, lack access to affordable renewable energy sources, are still operational, have long decommissioning horizons, and have available CO<sub>2<\/sub> transport and storage infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- TechX - News - In-article --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ICM_application_in_the_aluminum_sector\"><\/span>ICM application in the aluminum sector<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ICM <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in primary aluminum production can be first used in the fossil fuel-based alumina refining process, followed by the smelting process, where emissions stem from carbon anode consumption. To date, the most advanced technology uses a solvent to absorb CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from flue gas (the exhaust gas of combustion at power plants).<\/p>\n<p>The captured CO<sub>2<\/sub> can then be transported through pipelines, ships, trains, and trucks. While this practice is well established in the oil and gas sector, especially in the U.S., in a European context the aluminum industry would have to join forces with other industries emitting significant CO<sub>2<\/sub> volumes. The CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from the aluminum industry in the EU are about 30 and 100 times smaller than in the cement and steel industry, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the transported CO<sub>2<\/sub> is injected deep underground into porous rock layers, typically in deep saline formations or depleted oil and gas reservoirs, with an impermeable layer to prevent leakages. This is a tried-and-tested method, both from the oil and gas industry but also in the Sleipner and Sn\u00f8hvit CCS projects in Norway that have been operational for almost 30 years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_barriers\"><\/span>Main barriers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the main barriers to the widespread implementation of ICM is the high initial investment required, as well as the high operating cost. This could potentially be minimized or offset if the captured carbon is integrated into a value chain that generates revenue or through mechanisms such as the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which sets the CO<sub>2<\/sub> price.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of capturing carbon varies greatly depending on the concentration of CO<sub>2<\/sub> at the emission source and the technology used to capture it. It can range from approximately \u20ac15 per metric ton of CO<sub>2<\/sub> for high-concentration emissions to over \u20ac100 per metric ton for low-concentration sources.<\/p>\n<p>In aluminum smelters, where the CO<sub>2<\/sub> concentration is relatively low (about 1%\u20131.5%), the cost of carbon capture is high. To reduce this cost, smelters may need to implement measures such as redesigning electrolytic pots to prevent carbon emissions and compressing flue gas before capture, although this also requires investments. In alumina refineries, CO<sub>2<\/sub> concentration in flue gas is higher, thus implementing carbon capture would in principle be economically more favorable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alternative_decarbonization_technologies\"><\/span>Alternative decarbonization technologies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Inert anodes could replace carbon anodes, eliminating the need to use carbon as a reductant, and thus, practically eliminating almost all emissions from the smelting process and at the same time increasing smelters&#8217; efficiency by 25%. This is why they are considered potential <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changers in the aluminum production.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrogen can also be used to offset emissions from fuel burning in high-temperature processes. However, in order to be an effective decarbonization option, it should be produced from renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>The electrification of low and mid-temperature applications is also viable, but its cost-effectiveness is dependent on the respective costs of electricity and carbon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Decarbonisation Options for the Aluminium Industry. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC136525\">publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/ \u2026 ory\/handle\/JRC136525<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Mitigating aluminum industry emissions: Industrial carbon management could reduce costs (2024, July 1)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 1 July 2024<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-07-mitigating-aluminum-industry-emissions-industrial.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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