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Process and plant simulation makes it possible to describe the interaction between different industrial plants in a plant network as a "cross-industry network" as well as analyzing their dynamic system behavior.

Research into dynamic water electrolysis while taking into account the varying supply of metallurgical gases as well as fluctuating, renewable electricity represents the core of this subproject.

In order to produce methanol economically from metallurgical gas, the conventional catalyst must be put to the test. The conventional process also needs to be adapted.

Different gas utilization options require an adapted cleaning process chain for the raw gases. The process steps are adapted, tested and optimized on a pilot scale using real gas. Innovative process approaches are investigated on a laboratory scale.

Development of a process to use coupling gases from a steel mill for the production of C₂₊ alcohols, which are used as fuels and chemical intermediate products.

Plastics are mostly produced on the basis of fossil raw materials such as crude oil. They provide the element carbon, which is essential for this. But there are alternatives: A consortium is pointing them out.

Oxymethylene ethers are a new class of oxygenated compounds that could be used in diesel and gasoline fuels to replace the fossil hydrocarbons currently still used in these fuels.

The project’s own central office takes care of coordination and internal and external communication for the entire network. Solutions for achieving a climate-neutral industry by 2050, particularly with regard to the regulatory framework conditions, are additionally being developed.

The work focuses on bringing together the activities from the other subprojects. The available process concepts are developed and optimized according to process-related, energetic, and sustainable perspectives from the viewpoint of the overall system.

Solutions that have already been developed should be transferred to other CO₂-intensive industries such as the cement and lime industries as well as thermal waste treatment. Evidence should be provided here that the Carbon2Chem^® technology modules are able to minimize cross-industrial CO₂ emissions.

The aim is to specifically elaborate the process concepts developed in the first project term with regard to producing methanol from the byproduct gases from steel mills. The scale-up of the laboratory to the pilot plant in the technical center is a particular focal point.

The aim is to demonstrate the robustness of the previously developed concepts to purify steel mill gases, to synthesize various chemicals and, in particular, for system integration. An industrial implementation should be feasible with the completion of the second project term.

The focus lies on developing an overall catalytic process to directly convert treated byproduct gas into short-chain alcohols, olefins, and synthetic fuels. This process should then progress to the demonstration stage.

The research and development of new (partial) processes to produce polycarbonates lie at the heart of the subproject. The use of byproduct gases as a material gives the chemical plastics industry access to an alternative raw material basis, thus reducing the use of fossil raw materials such as crude oil.

The main goal of the subproject: to demonstrate the applicability of "green" methanol in the automotive sector as a CO₂-neutral, emission-free fuel that can be used globally. One possible basis for this is methanol produced with CO₂ from industrial point sources.