Objectives

The objectives of the ANICA Project are:

1. To decrease the costs for CO₂ capture from lime and cement plants below 25 €/t by developing novel IHCaL process concepts with > 90 % CO₂ capture efficiency, > 95 % CO₂ purity, and > 45 % net electrical efficiency for heat utilization.
2. To achieve net negative CO₂ emissions by utilizing waste derived fuels with a high biogenic fraction.
3. To achieve more than 90 % utilization of sorbent as raw material for lime and cement production by means of a high level of integration of heat and material streams.
4. To reduce energy requirements and equipment costs by 30 % compared with current design through development of new reactor concepts.
5. To demonstrate IHCaL technology in relevant environment (i.e. TRL 6) by long-term pilot tests at 300 kW_th scale under realistic conditions (i.e. fuels, sorbents, and operating conditions) for lime and cement applications, thereby proving the long-term performance/stability of sorbent and heat pipes.
6. To enable fast and reliable scale-up of the technology by developing accurate 1D and 3D models of the dual fluidized bed reactor system with an uncertainty of less than 10 %.
7. To provide a basis for comparing the IHCaL process with competitive CO₂ capture solutions (amine wash, oxyfuel combustion) for lime and cement plants by evaluating risks, economic performance, and environmental impact of the full-scale IHCaL process.
8. To accelerate the deployment of IHCaL technology by providing the basic design, plant layout and a cost estimation of a semi-industrial IHCaL demonstration plant at 20 MW_th scale on a cement production site, which could bring the technology to the next level of maturity (i.e. TRL 7) in a follow-up project.