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Carbon Dioxide free Calcium Oxide for use in Concrete
Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. Cement is a key ingredient in concrete. However, it comes with a massive carbon footprint, accounting for approximately 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon Corp brings forth a technology that not only makes concrete stronger but also CO2 emission-free. This ground-breaking, decarbonization ERA project builds…
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Conversion of Carbon Waste to Graphene for Enabling Highly Sustainable Cement- and Asphalt-based Materials
It’s one thing to help reduce emissions within Alberta’s oil and gas industry but what if, at the same time, you could bring environmental benefits across three key industry sectors with one innovative project. A young, advanced materials company, Universal Matter Inc., based in Burlington, Ontario has a new disruptive technology that has the potential…
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Project Prairie Seawater – Synergistic benefits between lithium extraction of Alberta brines and separation of Ca and Mg for greener cement precursors
ZS2 Technologies (ZS2), in partnership with Baymag, and in coordination with Lithium Bank, has developed new processes and chemistry for a low carbon Made-in-Alberta cement, and carbon capture and sequestration technology. This novel solution produces high performance building materials while simultaneously solving the need to decarbonize cement, providing both a practical and economic application that…
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Lehigh Cement Edmonton CCUS Feasibility Study Project
Currently, the cement industry contributes as much as eight per cent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and it’s predicted the global demand for cement is expected to increase upwards of 23 per cent by 2050. Together, Lehigh Cement and the International CCS Knowledge Centre partnered to conduct a feasibility study to assess the technical…
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Transformation of CO2 to Valuable Carbon Nanotube Composites
Carbon Corp’s technology transforms CO2 into carbon nanotubes (CNT). CNTs have widespread use with applications in concrete, graphene, construction material, batteries, consumer electronics, wind turbines, aircrafts, automobiles, and more. Carbon Corp is operating a pilot plant in Calgary at the ACCTC to validate the technology at commercial scale. Edmonton-based Capital Power, an investor in CARBON…
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Carbon Nanoplatelet Production from Exhaust CO2 Emissions
Carbon Upcycling Technologies uses CO2 emissions to create nanoparticles that enhance everyday materials like concrete, plastics, and batteries. The Calgary-based start-up has identified over 10 different applications across various market sectors. They are one of four Canadian companies in the finals of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, establishing them as one of the top carbon…
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Direct Carbon Conversion to Chemically Enhance Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Building Construction (MACE)
Cement and concrete production accounts for 8% of annual global CO2 emissions. Traditionally, cement producers have used supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) to reduce their emissions by offsetting cement, the most carbon-intensive ingredient in concrete. Current SCMs are derived from industrial byproducts like fly ash from coal plants or blast furnace slag from steelmaking. But, as…
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Use of Carbon Dioxide in Making Carbonate-Bond Precast Concrete Products
Carbonation in the cement of concrete products is readily available. McGill’s process builds on that process and uses CO2 to produce an artificial aggregate to be used in the concrete. Because of the unique properties of carbonated concrete, the end product is stronger and more durable than traditional concrete products. This process can be deployed…
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Carbon dioxide utilization in concrete
CarbonCure Technologies injects CO2 into concrete to sequester the carbon and improve the concrete’s performance. The retrofit technology bolts onto existing concrete plants, and allows concrete producers to sequester carbon dioxide emissions directly into concrete, while also making the concrete stronger, and less expensive to manufacture. CarbonCure has already started to commercially deploy the technology with…
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Solidia Concrete – a Sustainable Method for Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
This project provided Alberta with new cement and concrete products with the goal of offering equivalent cost, superior performance and 70 per cent reduced CO2 footprint compared to Portland cement. The patented technology, proven at full-scale, uses CO2 to cure low-lime cement and achieves full strength concrete within 24 hours. Initial markets are precast masonry…
