The objective of the initiative, financed by IVACE, is to develop a technically viable prototype to obtain a new way to produce hydrogen at low cost, from the heat recovered from the ximenera of forns at high work temperatures.
Blue Plasma Power, a company located d'podcast, the leader GASPLUS, a project in col·laboració amb l'Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-AICE) lead GASPLUS, a project financed by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) which aims to design a prototype that allows working in a continuous flow to determine the reduction of fuel consumption, combustion and emissions from industrial sources high temperature, as used in the manufacture of ceramic tiles.
In this sense, the goal is to develop a functional high-temperature combustion process based on the transformation of natural gas into a synthetic gas (syngas) rich in hydrogen to promote the decarbonization of the industry. Here, BluePlasma Power technology acts as a goal to achieve the global objective set by the European Union to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050, as it is based on a process capable of reducing environmental and economic impacts. in industries with intensive consumption of natural gas, such as companies in the frits and enamels, glass and metal pit sectors, thanks to the reuse of waste heat from its patented production process and the adoption of a new process of natural gas reform with water vapor.
Climate change and industrial decarbonization
Global climate change, as a result of industrial gas emissions, has received exclusive attention in recent times by governments and companies through political decisions and governmental aid, starting with the International Climate Change Conference that will take place today. to Paris in 2015. The development of CO₂ capture and utilization technologies (CCU) and the displacement of fossil fuels, for renewable energy, are fundamental to achieving the European Union's global objective of carbon reduction. 'CO₂ emissions in 2050.
Some unquestionable facts are: CO2 production contributes more than 60% to global warming; The processes of selective capture and utilization of CO2 at low cost constitute an important step at the level of energy efficiency currently, representing the process of capture of CO2 at the rate of 70% of the current total cost of recovery and emission of CO2.
The CO2 produced by fossil fuels is responsible for 65% of the emissions causing the winter effect and plays a critical role in climate change. Among the different strategies described for most of the reuse of CO2, the transformation of CO2 into chemicals or fuels with high value are considered guanyator strategies. Europe's accession to the Kyoto Protocol marks some objectives and commitments for all states members to be clear, to reduce winter-effect gases and promote the use of products and processes with low environmental impact.
GASPLUS
The GASPLUS system is applied in high-temperature environments, generally fed with natural gas and pure oxygen as a fuel, reducing the consumption of raw natural gas by 25% and the corresponding oxygen from the mateix, through the generation of Hydrogen is used during a reformation process of part of the natural gas, used in the combustion process with water vapor, generating the latter with the residual heat of the combustion gases to the exhaust of the furnace chimney. . The hydrogen format is combined with the other fuel gases generated in the reforming process, and the natural gas is not converted, it is combusted in the oxy-fuel cremator mateix of the furnace as applied. Associated with the reduction of fuel, there has been a reduction in CO2 emissions of an orderly magnitude.
The system is composed of a heat recovery mounted on the furnace chimney, with the heat of the combustion gases at the furnace exhaust, at a temperature close to 1.000 °C in a first stage, generating water vapor. Necessary for the reform process and in a second precalpha stage the oxygen prior to the sewage was combusted. The generated water vapor is mixed with natural gas, just entering the reformation reactor with a plasma coil in a catalytic environment (also patented by BluePlasma Power), making reformation possible with water vapor. a portion of the natural gas at ambient pressure at temperatures close to 500 °C at line pressure. The mixture of generated gases, composed mainly of hydrogen, metal and carbon monoxide, at a temperature close to 450 °C, is sent to the cremator installed in the furnace where it is combusted with oxygen before heating. The estimated 25% reduction in fuel consumption comes partly from the recovery of residual heat from the combustion gases and partly from the hydrogen provided by water vapor in the reformation process.
Blue Plasma Power
Blue Plasma Power It is a company with its own patented technology, specialized in the valorization of organic waste into high-value products. This technology reduces CO2 emissions with respect to the commitment to the environment. It also makes conventional fuels more efficient, increasing their efficiency and producing an important energy saving.
The specialty of Castellón technology is to integrate existing technologies that form synergy to obtain innovative compact production lines, producing final products at low costs. The technology that has been developed and patented allows, in one way, to evaluate solid organic waste that is not recyclable with conventional technologies, through a technology based on photocatalytic hydrogasification with plasma, in order to obtain hydrogen and synthesis gas, to convert it into electrical or thermal energy or into a liquid bio-product that can be used as a bio-solvent for the chemical industry, or, bio-additiu, for diesel and gasoline.
On the other hand, the technology is expected to last for the company to reform natural gas through HGC with plasma, offering a lower investment, doubling the efficiency of conventional technologies and acting as a carbon dioxide (CO2) shunt. ), contributing to energy independence, generating employment and improving the rural economy.
