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RECODE - SPIRE-08-2017

Duration:
22/07/2017 - 31/07/2021
Principal investigator(s):
Project type:
UE-funded research - H2020 - Cross-cutting activities - IND
Funding body:
COMMISSIONE EUROPEA
Project identification number:

Abstract

CO2 from the flue gases of a rotary kiln in a cement industry (CO2: 25 vol%) will be used for the production of value-added chemicals (acid additives for cement formulations) and materials (CaCO3 nanoparticles to be used as concrete fillers). A circular-economy-approach is enabled: the CO2 produced by cement manufacturing is re-used in a significant part within the plant itself to produce better cement-related products entailing less energy intensity and related CO2 emissions by a quadratic effect. Ionic liquids (bare or amine-functionalised) will be the key technological playground for the efficient and costeffective (20% accounting for direct and indirect means) and the good market potential of their products at a mass production scale. The first two years of the project will be focused on the development of key functional materials and process units at TRL 4-5, the third year on the assembly of single-process lines certified at TRL 5-6, and the fourth year on the assembly and testing at a cement manufacturing site (TITAN) of the TRL 6 integrated CO2 process.

Structures

Partners

  • FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA

Budget

Total cost: € 7,890,908.75
Total contribution: € 7,890,908.75
PoliTo total cost: € 533,472.50
PoliTo contribution: € 533,472.50