C C U T E C H N O L O G I E S I N E N E R G Y I N T E N S I V E I N D U S T R I E S
A F R e S M e w o r k s h o p
Dec 3, 2019
Pilot Plants
Swerim in brief
Independent research institute
Around 190 employees
Located in Luleå and Stockholm
Approx. 250 million kronor in turnover
40 test & demonstration facilities
Customers from all over the world
Long tradition – the oldest
part was established in
1921 (Metallografiska
institutet).
Luleå
Stockholm
Expertise areas
Iron and steelmaking, ferro alloys and base metals
Material properties
System analysis, process integration
Recycling and circular economy
Additive manufacturing, atomization
Measurement technology
Joining, machining, heat treatment, corrosion
Modelling and simulation
Agglomeration – mineral technology
Carbon-free production/industry
Pilot scale= minimizing risks
Lab scale = small investment
Industrial scale = large investmentsTRL
Time
Our niche − Faster to the goal
• Designing, building,
rebuilding and adapting
facilities to match customer-
specific conditions.
• Running processes or
process solution that no one
else has done before − with
safety first.
Location + Network + SizeOpportunities For Gas Processing of Works Gases
1. SEWGS – Methanol
2. EBF – SEWGS
• Experimental Blast Furnace
3. SEWGS – NH3
• Multi-column SEWGS-BOF
4. Reheat – Oxy-Stepwise
• CO2 from walking beam
5. SEWGS-Reheat
• N2/H2 for chamber furnace
6. R-WGS, DME and many more
Access to Industrial Gases
Europe’s Largest BFG facility
BFG pipeline
Initial Catalysis and Separation
WGS Single Column SEWGS Syngas Cooler
Clean-up and Buffering
CO2 Clean-Up CO2 buffer Vessel
N2/H2 and H2 production
H2 Buffer Electrolyser
Catalyst Station and Product Tank
Methanol Production Methanol Storage
Infrastructure
ATEX classed buildings Compressor
Location + Network + SizeOpportunities For Gas Processing of Works Gases
1. SEWGS – Methanol
2. EBF – SEWGS
• Experimental Blast Furnace
3. SEWGS – NH3
• Multi-column SEWGS-BOF
4. Reheat – Oxy-Stepwise
• CO2 from walking beam
5. SEWGS-Reheat
• N2/H2 for chamber furnace
6. R-WGS, DME and many more
EMPOWER: e.g. via methanol
requires additional CO2 solution if fuel is to be burned in a carbon neutral manner
EMPOWER150 MW
Off-gas
40 MW
renewable
15 MW
biofuel
Continuous Process
Renewable Input
Low Cost
Storage
Dispatchable
GenerationLow quality
High CO2
Base Load Today
60 MW300-600 MW
Creating future-proof, high-value, CO2-free dispatchable power from today’s base-load
power by introducing renewables and power-to-X technology
CO2 available
for use
No CO2
Intermittent Process
Infrastructure
Decarbonising Downstream Processes
Chamber Furnace on N2/H2 Walking Beam Furnace of BFG with CO2 capture
LPB-SCALE- : Luleå-Piteå-Boden Smart City Area Large Evaluation
Status
• FReSMe is running campaign 1
• Campaigns 2 and 3 are in the new year
This project has received funding from the European Union´s
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under
grant agreement No 727504.
Thank you
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