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World Cement
July 2020
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The overall objective of MOF4AIR is to
demonstrate the performance of MOF-based
CO
2
capture technologies in power plants
and energy intensive industries. The project is
led by Mons University with a total budget of
approximately
€
11.1 million and will last for four
years.
The project aims to use the most suitable
structure in different adsorption methods and
implement CO
2
capture at the pilot scale by
synthesising metal organic framework (MOF)
with high selectivity and high CO
2
affinity for CO
2
capture. The overall objective of the MOF4AIR
Project is to demonstrate the performance of metal
organic framework (MOF) based CO
2
capture
technologies in three demonstration sites across
Europe, and to prove the cost-efficiency and
reliability of MOF-based carbon capture in CO
2
intensive sectors: power supply, refineries and
waste incineration.
Global CO
2
levels unfortunately continue to rise,
however global awareness is also growing. TCMA’s
role in this project covers all the communication and
dissemination activities of the MOF4AIR project.
TCMA aims to study the solution proposed in the
project in terms of the whole industrial system of
carbon capture. TCMA will also be examining social
issues related to capture, transport and storage of
CO
2
, as well as establishing the replicability and
transferability of the developed solutions through
an implementation plan and the involvement of an
Industrial Cluster Board.
Loesche receives follow-up order from
Thanh Thang Group Cement JSC,
Vietnam
At the beginning of 2020 Loesche received a
follow-up order from Thanh Thang Group Cement
JSC in Vietnam to supply two vertical roller mills.
The two mills are to be used in a new cement
line at the Bong Lang cement plant in Ha Nam
province. The new cement line is a greenfield
project. The contract customer for this project is
Sinoma-NCDRI, a long-standing Loesche partner in
international cement plant construction.
The two new Loesche mills type LM 53.3+3 CS
have a capacity of 180 tph and will grind clinker to a
fineness of more than 4000 Blaine. The drive power
of the mills is 4600 kW. The scope of supply also
includes two rotary feeders, metal detectors and
sealing air fans. Both mills will be equipped with the
latest generation of Loesche LDC classifiers.
The delivery time for the mills will be eight to
fourteen months. Commissioning is scheduled for
the end of 2021.
In the past, Thanh Thang Group Cement JSC
has already successfully relied on Loesche mill
technology. For several years now, two mills
of the type LM 60.6 RM and two mills of the
type LM 53.3+3 CS have been successfully in
operation.
Lafarge Canada to use biosolids at
Richmond plant
Lafarge Canada’s latest initiative with Victoria’s
Capital Regional District (CRD) on Vancouver
Island has implemented a creative new solution
to maximise the potential of the region’s circular
economy. The company has announced a long-term
contract with CRD to provide a reliable, steady and
safe supply of biosolids to use as fuel in cement
manufacturing at the Richmond plant.
Supported by the government of
British Columbia’s CleanBC Industry Fund,
Lafarge Canada’s Western Canadian Geocycle
team received US$753 000 in funding for the
capital investment in a silo designed to co-process
biosolids as low carbon fuel for the Richmond
cement kiln.
The silo, and associated systems, will receive,
store, and feed biosolids into the kiln. Biosolids, when
replacing coal, will reduce GHGs by approximately
5000 tpy of CO
2
e. The biosolids will also increase
TSR (Thermal Substitution Rate) by approximately
2.5%. Current estimates show 5000 to 7000 tpy of
material to be co-processed at the facility. This will
enhance the capability of the new low carbon fuel
system that is currently handling over 100 000 t of
avoided landfill material.
The replacement of fossil fuels with lower carbon
fuels, such as biosolids, is one of a limited number
of means available to the cement sector to reduce
its carbon footprint. As such, Lafarge Canada
recognises the urgency of identifying and
implementing opportunities to co-process non-fossil
fuel materials, thereby reducing GHG emissions
and capitalising on the circular economy. CRD
has declared a ‘climate emergency’, therefore,
co-processing is one of the pillars of reducing CO
2
effects from the biosolids.