Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Despite the growing number of proven ways for the industrial sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as the use of renewable energy, the recovery of waste heat and energy and the more efficient use and recycling of materials; many industrial processes have still no existing low emission alternative. These high-emitting industries require measures like carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions over the long term.
The challenge
In the industry significant amounts of energy are lost via the stack. Recovering said energy before it gets lost can both reduce the overall energy consumption of the plant and provide valuable energy sources for their further use. Waste heat recovery technologies make this possible.
Fortunately, there are many different methods for heat recovery. Choosing the appropriate one depends on criteria such as the quality, quantity and nature of the heat source. As an example, heat pumps are useful for heat recovery at low to medium temperature applications and in the food industry, where the potential sources of waste heat are mainly associated with heating and refrigeration systems, hot streams of water or air and heat from processing operations.
Our take – Global challenges require an experienced partner
GEA recently received an “A” grade -the highest possible- in the climate assessment published by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). In addition, we are part of the MASCI Global Sustainability Index, with an “A” rating as well.
GEA´s Emission Control technologies are active and effective in multiple areas, helping reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and the CO2 footprint of our customers and their associated industries with:
Energy recovery technology.
Thanks to the available heat in the waste gas of certain processes, we can significantly reduce the need for non-renewable energy sources. GEA´s energy recovery system uses ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) plants and can produce valuable deliverables out of the recovered waste such as heat, compressed air, district heating or cooling air. This way, we help significantly reduce the CO2 footprint of our customers, support their sustainability strategy and increase process feasibility.
Leveraging low energy and utility demand.
GEA has the technology and the know how to design efficient, and low energy-consuming processes. Our plants are designed for most efficient reagent use via the right temperature window and the calculated distribution and retention time optimized through CFD models.
Always at the edge of innovation, GEA has optimized and revamped one of its patents, the RSP scrubber, into a new design called “LRS wet gas scrubber” capable of achieving a higher pollutant reduction efficiency that reduces OPEX costs more than 20%.
Gas cleaning and CO2 separation.
Often, waste gases contain high levels of CO2 that can be separated and used within the chemical plants or to produce synthetic fuels. To successfully separate CO2 from the exhaust gas, the previous separation of additional critical disturbing substances is necessary. GEA provides with diverse effective solutions, like its fine gas cleaning plants, to remove pollutants from the waste gas and ready it for the CO2 separation process.
Proven technology provider with decades of success backing us.
Our unrivalled experience in the process industry is reflected in our more than 4,000 reference units for emission control installed around the globe and in our pioneering, we are the proud builders of the first ESP in Europe and strive every day to stay as one of the three top market leaders for the chemical industry in the world.
When Chemistry Works With Engineering
GEA is taking bold action helping manufacturers worldwide embrace more sustainable, less wasteful and more energy-efficient and cost-effective procedures and processes.
