To develop our technology and broaden our partner network, we are building a pilot unit at the heart of the petrochemical industry – the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, Holland.
We’re partnering with some of the brightest minds and biggest industrial players in the world to help make our RDR and RDH technology the new global standard in the electrification of traditionally highly-polluting industrial production processes. The main equipment has already been successfully tested in air tests and the pilot plant will be operational in Geleen in December 2022
Using electrification powered by renewable energy, our RotoDynamic Reactor (RDR) is the only technology in the world capable of eliminating 100% of the CO2 emissions created in the steam cracking process, the first and most polluting step in the production of plastic. It will be further developed and proven in action during the pilot period.
LUT Airtest Facility Lappeenranta, Finland
Optimize the cracking process inside the reactor and validate modelling results.
Test yields and conversion with different feeds, understand the effect of RDR’s process conditions on coking.
Demonstrate to olefin producers, technology providers and policy makers of the massive potential of this revolutionary new technology.
RotoDynamic Heater (RDH) is the only technology in the world able to reach heats up to 1700°C without burning fossil fuels. This enables it to replace fossil-fired furnaces and kilns with electric heating in industrial processes. It will be further developed and proven in action during the pilot period.
The main targets of the process heating:
The RDR & RDH pilot unit covers a number of buildings on the legendary Brightlands Campus.
The pilot layout.
The Brightlands Chemelot Campus is home to a number of innovative pilots involved in olefin processing. With over 3,300 of the world’s leading experts in engineering, modelling, operations and maintenance, the Chemelot Campus is the best possible place to test and develop our RDR and RDH technology and our partner network.
Map: Ethylene plants in Europe.
Coolbrook Pilot Reactor Drivetrain
500 Mt estimated reduction potential in chemicals & petrochemicals industries
600 Mt estimated reduction potential in iron & steel industries
1000 Mt estimated reduction potential in cement industries
300 Mt estimated reduction potential in other industries
This game-changing technology already exists today and a large and growing number of global industrial players and governments have already expressed great interest in using it to cut CO2 emissions and meet crucial climate targets.
Our RDH and RDR technologies are currently being piloted, with commercial demonstration projects beginning in 2022. The technology can be retrofitted to existing production plants and will be ready for large-scale use in 2024.
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“Coolbrook has set out to build a committed and comprehensive ecosystem around RDR and RDH technology to commercialize it as soon as possible. Together with our partners in industry, academia, the public sector and key decision-makers, we can roll out this revolutionary technology and achieve significant emission reductions in the most energy and CO2 intensive industrial processes, which until now have been considered impossible to electrify.”
Ilpo Kuokkanen
Executive Chairman