CATO	Projects	
•  Presenta0on:	
CATO	Meet	the	projects	
•  Date:	15th	November	2017	
•  Loca0on:	TNO	@	Utrecht	
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Presenta0on	
CO2	re-use	
Mineralisa<on	
Green	Minerals	
Pol Knops
Green Minerals
Tel: +31 6 5130 4842
@GreenOlivine
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CO2	re-use	
•  CO2	to	chemicals	
•  CO2	to	fuels	
•  CO2	to	minerals	
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CO2	re-use	
•  CO2	to	chemicals 	 	Covestro	
•  CO2	to	fuels	
•  CO2	to	minerals	
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CO2	re-use	
•  CO2	to	chemicals	
•  CO2	to	fuels 	 	 	 	Audi	
•  CO2	to	minerals	
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CO2	re-use	
•  CO2	to	chemicals	
•  CO2	to	fuels	
•  CO2	to	minerals 	 	Carbon8	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Green	Minerals	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Mineral	Carbona0on	Int	
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Process	
Olivine		 Green	Minerals	CO2	
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Product	
-	1/3	CO2	
-	Exothermic	reac<on	
Very	small	par<cles:	
- 1/3		Amorphous	Silica	
-	2/3	Magnesite	
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Par0cles	
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- 	Concrete	
- 	Paper	
- 	Polymer	
Applica<ons	
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-	CO2MIN	
	RWTH	/	HeidelbergCement/IASS	Potsdamm	
-	3	year	Research	
Budget	€	2.8M	
TRL3	->	TRL5	
Concrete	
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●  Replacement	“PCC”	
●  CO2	nega0ve	paper	
●  In	addi0on	to	“bio-based”	also		
“CO2	based”	
Paper	
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•  Replacement		grounded	lime		
“func0onal	fillers”		
•  1st	Prototype	3D	prin0ng	
•  Biobased	polymers	+	
	CO2	based	fillers	
Polymer	
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•  Partners:	
-	CHILL	
-	Hogeschool	Zuyd	
-	Topologx	
-	Brightlands	Innova0on	Factory	
CO2	for	3D	prin<ng	
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Business	Case	
Olivine		 Green	Minerals	CO2	
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Next	steps	
•  1.	Batch	autoclave	
	 	CO2MIN	(RWTH/HeidelbergCement)	
	 	CO2	for	3D	prin<ng	
	 	?	Paper	applica<on	
	 	 		
•  2.	Design	con<nuous	autoclave	
•  3.	Scale	up	research,	process	
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