TN to host one of five carbon capture testbeds for cement industry
The testbed will be established at Ultratech Cement's Reddipalayam plant in Ariyalur district, with technical support from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Goa campus.
The initiative is part of a national programme spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology to validate and demonstrate CCU technologies. These technologies aim to capture CO2 emissions and convert them into value-added products such as synthetic fuels, urea, soda ash, concrete aggregates, and food-grade CO2.
At the Reddipalayam site, the testbed will trial an oxygen-enriched combustion-based kiln burning system. The captured CO2 – up to 2 tonnes per day – will be mineralised using concrete blocks, waste concrete fines, and concrete plant sludge.
Besides Tamil Nadu, CCU testbeds are also being set up in Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), Sundergarh and Rajgangpur (Odisha), and Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), each testing different technological solutions. Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh said the DST is currently processing financial sanctions for the projects.
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