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Silvertown的泰晤士炼油厂90%的温室气体排放，该炼油厂由Tate & Lyle Sugars （TLS）运营。泰晤士精炼厂是欧洲最大的制糖厂的所在地，年产量为120万吨，自1878年以来，这里一直在提炼糖。泰晤士炼油厂使用燃烧天然气的锅炉为精炼作业产生蒸汽和动力。这些锅炉在烟道气中排放二氧化碳。TLS正在寻求到2050年实现净零排放，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在泰晤士炼油厂和世界各地的其他制糖厂得到应用。此外，该技术还可以用于大幅减少水泥、钢铁和发电行业等一系列其他排放者的排放，还可以用于去除空气中已经存在的二氧化碳。该项目将由TLS和另外两个合作伙伴Origen Power和克兰菲尔德大学牵头的财团承担。Origen Power正在开发一种技术，可以从化石燃料锅炉的烟道气和环境空气中去除二氧化碳，而克兰菲尔德大学将贡献他们在钙循环方面的专业知识，这种方法正在该项目中应用。该项目将进行前端工程设计（FEED）研究，以减少位于伦敦Silvertown的泰晤士炼油厂90%的温室气体排放，该炼油厂由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) .