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How can you make more out of your biogenic co2 Episode 2 - Paper Technology International 2023

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How can you make more out of your biogenic co2 Episode 2 - Paper Technology International 2023
Engelbert Schrapp, Principal Corporate Account Manager, Siemens Energy
INTRODUCTION:
Regular readers of Paper Technology International might well remember the article I published in the 2022 edition, where I raised
the question: “How can you make more out of your biogenic CO2? The same would be the case for those who attended my presentations
on the subject at the different Pulp & Paper Industry conferences last year, like the IMPS2022 in Munich or the Zellcheming in Wiesbaden.
In both print and in person I have tried to give the Pulp and Paper community some” food for thought” on how and in which ways we can
develop our industry to an even more sustainable footing. As well as additional benefits and business for the Pulp & Paper Industry, the
environment can also be a winner.
For those who did not perhaps have access to Paper
Technology International 2022 and therefore missed last year’s
article “How can you make more out of your biogenic CO2 Episode
1?”, I would like to briefly recap the content if I may.
The answer to this question is to use the biogenic CO2
from your boilers etc., or from biomass based Combined Heat &
Power Plants (as will be the case for Liquid Wind FlagshipONE)
and use sustainable energy from Water, Wind and Solar Energy or
your own powerplants. This electric energy feeds electrolyzers to
produce Green Hydrogen. The H2 and CO2 moves on to Syngas
Compression and a Methanol Reactor where, under high pressure
and temperature, Green Methanol will be generated. Please see
below overview about the FlagshipONE project, a Green Methanol
plant which is now under construction and will start to produce in
Q1/2025 round about 50.000 tons of CO2 Neutral Methanol per year.
Now following this short summary about FlagshipONE I would like to
tell you about the actual Status Quo of this project, as certainly a lot
of things have happened in the 12 months since the last article was
published.
Figure 1: Methanol synthesis based on green hydrogen and CO2 from biomass-based flue gas raises the prospect of a carbonneutral industrial system. As a fuel for mobility applications and feedstock for the chemical industry, green methanol can
decisively drive the de-fossilization of the shipping industry and other industry sectors. At the same time, integrating green
methanol production into existing industrial facilities, such as pulp mills or combined heat and power plants, creates an
opportunity to re-use a valuable resource like biomass-based CO2..
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