Multi-site cement industry low carbon fuel implementation and supply chain assessment

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The cement and concrete industries play an important and growing role in Canada's infrastructure and green building ambitions. While the industry is a strong and innovative contributor to a growing clean economy, the industry is also a large emitter of carbon dioxide. The overall objective of this project is the development of new fuel pathways (considering the full supply chain) to lower the carbon footprint of the cement industry. This includes confirmation of the environmental benefits by measuring emissions of carbon, and other air emissions at combustion under full scale commercial operations, optimizing the process of combustion by understanding the fluid dynamics, developing a combustion guide for regionally viable low carbon fuels as well as life cycleassessment and scenario analysis to ensure that the fuel pathways deliver the environmental benefits in efficient and cost-effective ways under a range of future policy and market conditions. This project is aimed at reaching 30% co-fire at the Lafarge facilities with lower carbon fuels by 2020 and then identifying technology pathways that will make it possible to achieve even lower carbon footprints associated with cement production. Highly Qualified Personnel will make original contributions to the field of numerical modelling, combustion science, life cycle assessment and energy system assessment at an international level. They will be trained in the latest research methods, and acquire skills in data collection and technology assessment, while developing experience real world, hands-on research projects using modelling software, creating software tools, and statistical and policy analysis.