Dr David Konlechner from KON Chemical Solutions, recently visited the INERATEC ERA ONE plant at Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt am Main for a technical exchange focused on CO₂ utilisation and technology scale-up.
INERATEC uses CO₂ and hydrogen as feedstocks in its Power-to-Liquid process to produce synthetic fuels, including e-SAF. The visit provided an opportunity to discuss how Carbon4Minerals CO₂ capture technologies could potentially contribute to the future supply of CO₂ as a feedstock for Power-to-Liquid applications. The exchange also focused on INERATEC’s experience with modular, container-scale plant concepts, providing valuable insights and best-practice examples relevant to the ongoing scale-up of Carbon4Minerals technologies.
Carbon4Minerals is developing technologies that connect CO₂ capture from industrial flue gases with its utilisation in low-carbon construction materials. Alongside the development and demonstration of individual technologies, their potential transfer towards industrial-scale implementation forms an important part of the project. Within Carbon4Minerals, KON Chemical Solutions contributes to the industrial upscaling of project technologies, translating results from pilot testing into industrial process concepts, including process flowsheets, mass and energy balances, and CAPEX and OPEX assessments.
The visit to ERA ONE therefore offered an opportunity to exchange practical experience related to modular plant concepts and technology scale-up, while also opening a discussion on how captured CO₂ could potentially connect with utilisation pathways beyond the project’s core application in construction materials.
The exchange helped place Carbon4Minerals technologies in a broader industrial context and provided a setting to discuss practical aspects of CO₂ utilisation and scale-up.