Podcast : "Defossilising the Chemical Industry"

In this podcast episode, recorded in the CAPTURE video studio and moderated by Karel Volckaert, our project coordinator Kevin Van Geem (UGent Professor and CAPTURE CTO), WP leader Elina Nauha (Coolbrook Senior Expert) and Jan Mertens, ENGIE Chief Science Officer discuss about the electrification, sustainable carbon and breakthrough technologies linked to the eLECTRO project in view of defossilization of the chemical industry.

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About eLECTRO Project : Less than 10 % of plastic is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills or is incinerated. In this context, the EU-funded ELECTRO project will demonstrate new technology that connects the waste and petrochemical industries to provide a sustainable and scalable circular solution with a low carbon footprint for olefin and polyolefin production.

eLECTRO will prioritise plastic waste streams by combining an innovative modular extruder for the optimal pre-treatment of plastic waste with an electrically heated reactor for the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste. The main product, plastic waste pyrolysis oil, will be used as a feed for steam crackers. The project will test the technology using waste streams from the Republics of Korea and Indonesia.

eLECTRO is gathering a multidisciplinary consortium composed by 12 partners from 7 different European countries and 1 extra European country (South Korea). It is based on 7 industrial partners, 1 RTO and 3 Universities.