Technip Energies and LanzaTech to collaborate on CO2-to-ethylene technology

LanzaTech’s carbon capture and utilisation technology, together with Technip Energies’ Hummingbird® technology, transform waste carbon into ethylene.

The production process of ethylene is one of the largest sources of CO₂ emissions in the chemical industry and remains one of its most challenging processes to decarbonise. This new joint process uses carbon emissions as the starting point, rather than virgin fossil carbon. Firstly, up to 95% of the CO₂ in the flue gas is captured from the furnaces of an ethylene cracker and mixed with hydrogen. Next, LanzaTech’s biorecycling technology transforms the captured waste carbon into ethanol. Finally, Technip Energies’ Hummingbird technology dehydrates the ethanol to ethylene.

Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip Energies, stated: “We are pleased to work with LanzaTech on another sustainable solution, this time to decarbonise ethylene. This breakthrough technology will not only capture carbon, but will use it to make a valuable end product.”

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, said: “By integrating our process with that of Technip Energies, we have the potential to retrofit onto ethylene crackers around the world, supporting decarbonisation of a sector that has limited choices today. The sustainable production of one of the most used commodity chemicals will have an impact on the lives of billions of people daily. Through partnerships such as this one with Technip Energies, we are creating meaningful pathways to break free from virgin fossil inputs for the things we use in our daily lives.”

Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/petrochemicals/11072023/technip-energies-and-lanzatech-to-collaborate-on-co2-to-ethylene-technology/