Air Liquide to provide the purification technology for the waste gas to ethanol plant of ArcelorMittal in Belgium


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Air Liquide is partnering with ArcelorMittal in a pilot project to capture carbon gas from the steelmaking process and recycle it into advanced bioethanol. Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a technology solution that purifies the offgas coming from the blast furnace. The purified gases will then be injected into a bioreactor to produce bioethanol.

Figure 1. ArcelorMittal site in Ghent (Belgium)

The project is led by ArcelorMittal and its partner Lanzatech. Construction of the facility is underway at the ArcelorMittal site in Ghent (Belgium) and the plant is planned to become operational at the end of 2020. It is expected to produce 80 million litres of bioethanol annually.
Extended information on the project: “Sulzer to provide the distillation equipment for the waste gas to ethanol plant of ArcelorMittal in Belgium”, 17/1/2019.

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