Decarbonisation options for the Dutch carbon black industry
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Carbon black is a product widely used in industry to enhance the mechanical, electrical and optical properties of the materials where it is integrated as a filler. Most of the industrially produced carbon black is consumed by the tyre manufacturing industry and the remainder is used in rubber products and diverse applications such as plastics, paint and printing ink. In the Netherlands the only carbon black manufacturer is Cabot B.V., which has a production capacity of 80,000 tonnes carbon black/year. This plant manufactures different grades of carbon black through the use of furnace black reactors, the predominant method for carbon black production. Cabot B.V. is situated in the Botlek area in the Port of Rotterdam. From 2008 to 2018, the Botlek plant’s greenhouse gas emissions ranged from 195 to 247 kilotonnes CO2-eq.
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TNO Identifier
875525
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TNO
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44 p.