Sulzer Chemtech advances CC, efficiency technologies

Sulzer Chemtech leads in mass transfer solutions to reduce CO2 emissions, improve energy efficiency, and drive innovation in sustainable energy solutions across various industrial sectors, Dr Rafic Traboulssi tells OGN

SULZER Chemtech's mass transfer and process technologies are used in various carbon capture (CC) and energy efficiency process solutions to help the industry reduce CO2 emissions.

The company, a division of Sulzer a Swiss technology corporate based in Switzerland, is a world leader in the design and supply of mass transfer technologies for separation processes such as distillation and absorption.

"These processes are at the heart of industrial plants across oil and gas processing, oil refining, manufacturing of petrochemicals, chemicals, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals," Dr Rafic Traboulssi, Director - Strategic Business Development, Sulzer Chemtech Middle, tells OGN energy magazine.

In 2019 Sulzer acquired GTC Technologies, a process technology licensor, to extend its capabilities to support customers with licensed technologies targeted at aromatics extraction, process intensification, such as Dividing Wall Distillation Columns (DWCS), and technology for pushing thermal efficiency of fired heaters to above 95 per cent, as well as process technologies for manufacturing renewable fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD).

With industrial countries committing to net-zero carbon policies, carbon capture has gained increased attention.

Several process technology solutions have been developed that are specialised in different applications depending on the source of the CO2 stream (for example, pre/post combustion) or low/high CO, concentrations.

These process solutions utilise technologies like are absorption (solvent-based process), adsorption, membrane technologies, mineralisation, and others.