Bioethanol from carbon gas in steel industry with Air Liquide and ArcelorMittal

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Air Liquide has partnered with ArcelorMittal in an industrial-scale demonstration plant to capture the carbon gas coming from the steelmaking process and recycling it into advanced bioethanol, a second-generation biofuel.

As part of the project, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a technology solution that purifies the offgas from the blast furnace used in the manufacture of steel. These gases will then be injected into a bioreactor to produce bioethanol. The project leverage Air Liquide know-how to develop sustainable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the steel industry.

Led by steel company ArcelorMittal, together with partner Lanzatech, the project is supported by EU Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation programme. Construction of the industrial-scale demonstration plant, which will be located at ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, is currently ongoing onsite, and should be operational by the end of 2020. When complete, the demonstration plant is expected to produce 80 million litres of bioethanol per year.

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