Innovation Pathways to Decarbonize Kiln and Furnace Technology

Authors

Maxwell Pisciotta¹ , Helene Pilorge¹ , Justine Davids² , Daniel Maynard² , Zachary Sasso² , Shelvey Swett²

1. University of Pennsylvania
2. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Conference / event

UPenn CBE Graduate Student Symposium, October 2021 (Virtual)

Poster summary

Industrial scale furnaces and kilns are used to heat raw materials to produce materials such as cement, lime, glass, and iron and steel. Industrial processes such as these make up nearly 22% of all US emissions, of which, cement, lime, glass, and iron and steel are responsible for a third. The CO2 from these processes stem from raw material chemical reactions as well as the fossil fuel used to provide heat. To ensure demand for these materials can be met while preventing additional emissions, strategic innovation pathways need to be considered.

Keywords

Industrial decarbonization, Process emissions, Emissions reductions

Research areas

Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering

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Competing interests

None declared.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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