DrACO2

Cooperation project with Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Power Plant Technology and Heat Transfer and the associated partner EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (Helmstedt), duration: 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2024, funding provider: BMWK as part of the 7th Energy Research Program.

Waste incineration plants have a firm place in waste management due to the landfill ban on untreated municipal waste that came into force on June 1, 2005. The thermal energy released during incineration can be used to generate electricity, heat and process steam. In order to develop a_{CO2 circular economy} in the future, it is necessary to increasingly equip plants with CCU processes.

The aim of _DrACO2 is to demonstrate the mode of operation and the potential for optimization measures for flue gas cleaning and_{CO2 capture} at a pilot plant for waste incineration with flue gas cleaning and downstream_{CO2 absorption} as a basis for the planning of commercial plants.

The verification is to be carried out experimentally and simulatively and show which measures can be expedient for real plant projects with cross-sector processes.

CUTEC's task is to couple the existing absorption stages with the MARTIN® push-back grate, to plan, conduct and evaluate the experiments and to model the gas treatment in ChemCAD.

As an associated partner, EEW would like to use the results obtained as quickly as possible for the planning of commercial CCU assemblies at existing waste incineration plants.

Contact: Dr.-Ing. Stefan Vodegel