Deep Decarbonisation of a Sugar Refinery – Feasibility, Engineering and Wider Replicability of This Technology

该项目将进行前端工程设计(FEED)研究，以减少位于伦敦西尔弗敦的泰晤士河炼糖厂90%的温室气体排放，该厂由Tate&Lyle Sugars(TLS)运营。泰晤士河炼糖厂是欧洲最大的糖厂所在地，年产能120万吨，自1878年以来一直在该厂精炼糖。泰晤士炼油厂使用燃用天然气的锅炉为炼油作业产生蒸汽和电力。这些锅炉在其烟道气体中排放二氧化碳。TLS正在寻求在2050年前实现净零排放，该项目有可能为实现这一目标做出重大贡献。希望这项研究中评估的技术可以部署在泰晤士河炼油厂和世界各地的其他糖厂。此外，这项技术可以用来显著减少水泥、钢铁和发电行业等其他排放者的排放，还可以用来去除空气中已经存在的二氧化碳。该项目将由TLS和其他两家合作伙伴--奥利根电力公司和克兰菲尔德大学牵头的一个财团进行。Origen Power正在开发一种可以从化石燃料锅炉烟道气体和环境空气中去除二氧化碳的技术，而克兰菲尔德大学将贡献他们在钙环方面的专业知识，这是该项目中正在应用的方法。该项目将进行一项前端工程设计(FEED)研究，以期将位于伦敦西尔弗敦的泰晤士河炼油厂的温室气体排放量减少90%，该过程由Tate&Lyle Sugars(TLS)运营。

The project will undertake a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study on a process to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from the Thames Refinery site based in Silvertown, London and operated by Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) .The Thames Refinery is home to the largest sugar refinery in Europe, with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year, and sugar has been refined at the site since 1878\. Thames Refinery uses boilers fired with natural gas to generate steam and power for the refining operations. These boilers emit carbon dioxide in their flue gases. TLS is seeking to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 and this project has the potential to make a major contribution to achieving that goal. The hope is that the technology being assessed in this study can be deployed at the Thames Refinery site and also at other sugar refineries around the world. Furthermore, the technology can be deployed to significantly reduce the emissions from a range of other emitters such as the cement, steel and power generation industries, and it can also be used to remove CO2 that is already in the air.The project will be undertaken by a consortium led by TLS and two other partners, Origen Power and Cranfield University. Origen Power is developing a technology that can remove carbon dioxide from fossil fuelled boiler flue gases and also from ambient air, while Cranfield University will be contributing their expertise in calcium looping, the approach that is being applied in this project.The project will undertake a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study on a process to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from the Thames Refinery site based in Silvertown, London and operated by Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) .