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i³upgrade aims at the intelligent and integrated upgrade of carbon sources in steel industries through hydrogen intensified synthesis processes. In contrast to established synthesis processes, the project targets direct methanation and methanol synthesis of by-products in steel works under dynamic and transient conditions being operated by advanced control strategies. Agent-based modelling demonstrates the opportunities for reduction of CO₂ emissions in steel works in the framework of emerging volatile markets. The final proof-of-concept of the new control strategies will be performed with real bottled steel mill gases as well as with a complex gas matrix from an existing gasifier.

Overall approach of i³upgrade: Comparison of schematic carbon flows inside an integrated steel works at the state-of-the-art (left) and the approach in i³upgrade (right) with carbon upgrade through hydrogen intensified synthesis

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Press release about the project start

After its launch, the project i3upgrade was presented in a press release. The article can be found here. Continue

Project launched by kick-off meeting in Nuremberg

The project i³upgrade was successfully launched by a kick-off meeting on the 7th - 8th June 2018 in Nuremberg. The meeting took place at the Chair of Energy Process Engineering (EVT) of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg as the EVT is the coordinating organisation. On the first day... Continue