The overall aim of the project was to develop concepts of the indirectly heated carbonate looping (IHCaL) process for CO2 capture from lime and cement plants. In the carbonator, the CO2 contained in a flue gas was absorbed by CaO, and the CaCO3 formed herby was regenerated in an indirectly heated calciner. The heat for calcination was produced by combustion of fuel with air in an external combustor and transferred to the calciner by means of heat pipes. The flue gas of the external combustor was directed to the carbonator.
Advanced Indirectly Heated Carbonate Looping Process (ANICA)
ANICA was a research project which served to develop concepts of the indirectly heated carbonate looping (IHCaL) process for CO₂ capture from lime and cement plants.
Background and goals of the research project
Project website
The following link takes you to the ANICA project website of Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
ANICA Newsletter
Here you can find newsletters on the research project:
ANICA Newsletter I – ANICA (act-anica.eu)
Project partners
Sponsors
The German partners of the ANICA project were supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action on the basis of a decision of the German Bundestag. The project ANICA was funded through the ACT programme (Accelerating CCS Technologies, Horizon2020 Project No 294766). Financial contributions were made from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom and the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology.
