Tata Steel on September 15, 2021 commissioned a five tonnes per day (TPD) carbon capture plant at its Jamshedpur Works.
- Tata Steel is India’s first steel company to adopt such a carbon capture technology that extracts CO2 directly from the Blast Furnace gas. Tata Steel will reuse the captured CO2 on-site to promote the circular carbon economy.
What is Carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is a process consisting of the separation of CO2 from industrial and energy-related sources, transport to a storage location and long-term isolation from the atmosphere.
- There are different types of CO2 capture systems: post combustion, pre-combustion and oxyfuel combustion.
- The concentration of CO2 in the gas stream, the pressure of the gas stream and the fuel type (solid or gas) are important factors in selecting the capture system.
- Most carbon capture focuses on cleaning emissions at the source: scrubbers and filters on smokestacks that prevent harmful gases reaching the atmosphere.
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