Chementator Briefs

Cement offgases

Last month, Joule Unlimited (Bedford, Mass.; www.jouleunlimited.com) and HeidelbergCement AG (Heidelberg, Germany; www.heidelbergcement.com) announced a partnership designed to explore application of Joule’s technology to mitigate carbon emissions in cement manufacturing. As part of the agreement, emissions (or offtake gas) from various HeidelbergCement factories could provide Joule with the waste CO₂ required to feed its advanced Helioculture platform, which effectively recycles CO₂ back into liquid fuels (for more details, see Chem. Eng., April 2015, p. 13). ❐