At the Net Zero Tech trade fair, the Eurecat technology centre has unveiled innovative solutions it has developed for decarbonising industry which have an impact on key ecological areas including CO2 capture and valorisation, enhanced energy efficiency, generating and using green hydrogen, waste valorisation, emission monitoring system digitalisation and rolling out circular production models.
Eurecat has presented real-world cases, digital platforms and solutions which are already helping to cut emissions in sectors such as energy, transport, chemicals, textiles and agri-food. For Eurecat, “reusing the pollutant emissions currently generated by our industry is essential to achieve an energy transition aligned with environmental care,” says Jesús Boschmonart, Green Cities & Industries Business Development director at Eurecat.
Eurecat has also taken a sample from a pilot carbonation plant it has developed for application in demolition waste, slag, ash and more which can generate high added-value products. Its capacity to capture 250 kg/day of CO2 means it fosters the circular economy with a lower environmental impact and can be used in industries such as construction by adding the captured CO2 to construction waste to give it enhanced properties.
In its various projects, Eurecat “demonstrates its capacity to conduct applied research in all these areas by scaling up solutions from the laboratory to pre-industrial pilot plants,” argues Agustí Chico, Eurecat’s director of Special Projects. “This enables interested businesses to experiment with the most suitable option depending on the waste to be valorised or the characteristics of the gases they emit into the atmosphere.”
Eurecat has also taken part in the H2TECH conference, organised by the H2TECH network at Net Zero Tech. The event was opened by Miriam Díaz de los Bernardos, director of the Chemical Technology Unit at Eurecat and director of the H2CAT network. Likewise, Eurecat researcher David Santiago looked at hydrogen storage in a talk entitled “New Type V H2 storage systems with a vitrimer matrix”.
