Thyssenkrupp AG suggest emissions of the metallurgical plant to convert into chemical products

In cooperation with partners from the research laboratory and related industry, Thyssenkrupp AG initiates an intersectoral project to introduce technology with an emphasis on the transformation of technological gases from steel production into valuable chemical products. Moreover, electricity for this process should come from renewable energy sources.

The Chief Technical Director of Thyssenkrupp AG, Dr. Reinhold Achatz, said: “The project philosophy is an approach to industry on a wide basis. A system solution of such issues will allow you to achieve the best results in specific areas than today. The solution can be embodied as a result of a comprehensive cooperation between the steel and chemical industry, which will allow economically efficient recovery Gas, turning it into fertilizers or fuel for an already optimized sector.

Professor Robert Schlegl, director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Transforming into Mulhaim, said that "the mission of our institute is the study of fundamental chemical processes associated with energy transformation and thereby contribute to the development of new and more effective catalysts."

Professor Echard Weidner, the head of the Fraunhofer for the Protection of Environmental Safety and Energy Technologies, said: "Our task is to put processes considered in the project on specific industrial use. We are mainly interested in the introduction of this technology into metallurgical enterprises, the activities of which are associated with a significant release of carbon dioxide."