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Refineries use very high quantities of hydrogen in the de-sulfurization of crude oil to make gasoline, diesel and other by-products. The traditional method that the refineries use to produce their internal H2 needs is the process called Steam Methane Reformation (SMR), which uses natural gas as feedstock to produce H2, emitting high quantities of CO2 emitted through the reformation of the natural gas.
A solution to decarbonize the refining process is to supply green hydrogen via water electrolysis.
Current ammonia manufacture is predominantly achieved through steam reforming of methane to produce hydrogen which is fed into ammonia synthesis via the Haber Bosch process.
Ammonia production currently accounts for around 1.8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions.
The production of green ammonia has the capability to impact the transition towards zero-carbon through the decarbonization of its current major use in fertilizer production, through the production of hydrogen via water electrolysis using sustainable electricity.
The iron and steel industry is a major contributor to the overall anthropogenic CO2 emissions (9% worldwide), due to the massive use of coal and therefore a significant driver of climate change.
The production of iron and steel with current technologies are generating 9 % of all CO2 emissions worldwide. Producing 1 ton of steel releases about 1.85 tons of CO2 on average, as emissions into the atmosphere.
Replacing coal by hydrogen generated with renewable energy would make it possible to largely decarbonize the iron and steel industry. Green hydrogen produced by the water electrolysis process can be used as the reducing agent, producing water vapor instead of CO2 as chemical by-product.
Source: The potential of hydrogen for decarbonizing steel production EPRS (European Parliamentary Research Service).
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Methanol is the world’s most commonly shipped chemical commodity and more than 95 billion liters are manufactured every year. It has been stored, transported and handled safely for over 100 years and is used in thousands of everyday products, including plastics, paints, cosmetics and fuels.
Since it remains liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, the infrastructure required to deploy it as a fuel is largely in place: combustion engines, fuel cells and power blocks could quite easily and affordably be adapted to methanol.
SVI Energy develops and integrates plants to produce renewable methanol, manufacturing methanol from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen for fuel applications, greener chemicals and everyday products.
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Power to X are reconversion pathways that use surplus electric power, typically during periods where fluctuating renewable energy generation exceeds load.
The X in the terminology can refer to one of the following: power-to-ammonia, power-to-chemicals, power-to-fuel, power-to-gas, power-to-hydrogen, power-to-liquid, power- to-methane, power to food, power-to-power, and power to syngas.
SVI Energy develops and integrates Power to X technologies with partners to mitigate climate change, removing greenhouse gas emissions and creating valuable products for our clients.
Power to gas (P2G) is a technology that uses electrical power to produce a gaseous fuel. Most P2G systems use electrolysis to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen can be used directly, or further steps may convert the hydrogen into syngas, methane or LPG.
The gas may be used as chemical feedstock, or converted back into electricity using conventional generators such as gas turbines. P2G allows energy to be stored and transported in the form of compressed gas, often using existing infrastructure for long-term transport and storage of natural gas.
SVI Energy develops P2G projects with their partners to produce hydrogen, syngas and methane via cutting edge technology to mitigate the climate change, removing CO2 emissions and creating valuable products for our clients.
Synthetic fuel is a liquid fuel, or sometimes gaseous fuel, obtained from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in which the syngas is derived from gasification of solid feedstocks (e.g. coal), by reforming of natural gas or from sustainable sources as renewable electricity + water (electrolysis) + captured CO2.
Renewable synthetic fuels (“e-Fuel”) obtained from captured CO2 and water substitutes traditional fossil fuel, producing renewable fuels equivalent to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Nowadays the transportation sector covers more than 90% of its energy demand through fossil fuels. “e-Fuel” will allow existing infrastructure continue using fuels for the decades to come through the actual technology of combustion engines significantly reducing GHG emissions.
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Refining process
Refineries use very high quantities of hydrogen in the de-sulfurization of crude oil to make gasoline, diesel and other by-products. The traditional method that the refineries use to produce their internal H2 needs is the process called Steam Methane Reformation (SMR), which uses natural gas as feedstock to produce H2, emitting high quantities of CO2 emitted through the reformation of the natural gas.
A solution to decarbonize the refining process is to supply green hydrogen via water electrolysis.
Current ammonia manufacture is predominantly achieved through steam reforming of methane to produce hydrogen which is fed into ammonia synthesis via the Haber Bosch process.
Ammonia production currently accounts for around 1.8% of global carbon dioxide emissions, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions.
The production of green ammonia has the capability to impact the transition towards zero-carbon through the decarbonization of its current major use in fertilizer production, through the production of hydrogen via water electrolysis using sustainable electricity.
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The iron and steel industry is a major contributor to the overall anthropogenic CO2 emissions (9% worldwide), due to the massive use of coal and therefore a significant driver of climate change.
The production of iron and steel with current technologies are generating 9 % of all CO2 emissions worldwide. Producing 1 ton of steel releases about 1.85 tons of CO2 on average, as emissions into the atmosphere.
Replacing coal by hydrogen generated with renewable energy would make it possible to largely decarbonize the iron and steel industry. Green hydrogen produced by the water electrolysis process can be used as the reducing agent, producing water vapor instead of CO2 as chemical by-product.
Source: The potential of hydrogen for decarbonizing steel production EPRS (European Parliamentary Research Service).
Methanol is the world’s most commonly shipped chemical commodity and more than 95 billion liters are manufactured every year. It has been stored, transported and handled safely for over 100 years and is used in thousands of everyday products, including plastics, paints, cosmetics and fuels.
Since it remains liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, the infrastructure required to deploy it as a fuel is largely in place: combustion engines, fuel cells and power blocks could quite easily and affordably be adapted to methanol.
SVI Energy develops and integrates plants to produce renewable methanol, manufacturing methanol from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen for fuel applications, greener chemicals and everyday products.
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Power to X
Power to X are reconversion pathways that use surplus electric power, typically during periods where fluctuating renewable energy generation exceeds load.
The X in the terminology can refer to one of the following: power-to-ammonia, power-to-chemicals, power-to-fuel, power-to-gas, power-to-hydrogen, power-to-liquid, power- to-methane, power to food, power-to-power, and power to syngas.
SVI Energy develops and integrates Power to X technologies with partners to mitigate climate change, removing greenhouse gas emissions and creating valuable products for our clients.
—Power to Gas
Power to gas (P2G) is a technology that uses electrical power to produce a gaseous fuel. Most P2G systems use electrolysis to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen can be used directly, or further steps may convert the hydrogen into syngas, methane or LPG.
The gas may be used as chemical feedstock, or converted back into electricity using conventional generators such as gas turbines. P2G allows energy to be stored and transported in the form of compressed gas, often using existing infrastructure for long-term transport and storage of natural gas.
SVI Energy develops P2G projects with their partners to produce hydrogen, syngas and methane via cutting edge technology to mitigate the climate change, removing CO2 emissions and creating valuable products for our clients.
—Power to Liquids (Synthetic Fuels)
Synthetic fuel is a liquid fuel, or sometimes gaseous fuel, obtained from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in which the syngas is derived from gasification of solid feedstocks (e.g. coal), by reforming of natural gas or from sustainable sources as renewable electricity + water (electrolysis) + captured CO2.
Renewable synthetic fuels (“e-Fuel”) obtained from captured CO2 and water substitutes traditional fossil fuel, producing renewable fuels equivalent to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Nowadays the transportation sector covers more than 90% of its energy demand through fossil fuels. “e-Fuel” will allow existing infrastructure continue using fuels for the decades to come through the actual technology of combustion engines significantly reducing GHG emissions.
