short presentation at annual mrc meeting @ louvain
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MRC Annual Research Mee/ng 2014
• Date: 19 Feb. 2014 • Loca2on: KU Leuven, Thermotechnical Ins2tute.
This will be the moment to present the materials research at large at KU Leuven to our academic contacts but also to our industrial contacts. The presenta2on of the annual report of KU Leuven MRC will be preceded by a lecture on the value of academic research for industry and society within the European context, given by prof. Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council Execu2ve Agency (ERC).In the second part of the aQernoon some PhD students or post doctorates briefly present their work. We hope to give a good overview to the outside world of ongoing research.
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Mineral CO2 sequestra/on
Pol Knops KU Leuven \ Innova2on Concepts B.V.
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Process intensifica2on with the Gravity Pressure Vessel
KUL: Chemical Engineering Technologies -‐ Process Intensifica2on -‐ Waste upgrading -‐ Sustainable processes
Exper/se: -‐ Gravity Pressure Vessel -‐ Own patented unique process
Mineral CO2 sequestra/on
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Conven/onal: -‐ Stable end products -‐ Slow, geological process
Accelerated by: -‐ Smaller par2cles -‐ Lower pH
Economics: -‐ CO2: won’t “pay the bill”
Gravity Pressure Vessel -‐ Auto thermal process -‐ Process intensifica2on
Accelerated by: -‐ Increased temperatures -‐ Increased pressures -‐ Addi2ves
Economics: -‐ Valuable end products
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Two steps
Separator
Olivine Metal-‐ compounds
Silica
CO2
New type of reactor: -‐ Pressure vessel -‐ Heat exchanger -‐ Residence 2me -‐ Plug flow
1200 meter
GPV
Process intensifica/on
1E-‐5 Achieved dissolu2on
rate
1E-‐4 Required dissolu2on rate
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Valuable end products
Sample: U3:
SiO2
MgCO3
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Further applica/ons / research Process intensifica/on: -‐ Addi2ves . -‐ Energy recovery . -‐ LCA
Valuable end products -‐ Silica: Concrete . MgCO3: High end applica2on . -‐ Metal recovery
Other processes: -‐ Asbestos -‐ Oil shale residue . -‐ Steel slags . -‐ Red mud . -‐ other alkaline residues
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