Green Carbon Black

Carbon black is one of the world's most widely used carbon-based chemicals. Carbon black can be simply described as a fine powder of carbon formed during the incomplete combustion of organic materials. Carbon black is used, among other things, for paints and printing inks, but above all as an additive in car tires and other industrial products. Today, carbon black is produced from heavy, fossil-based fuels, which leads to large emissions of fossil greenhouse gases.

The main objective of this project is to take a holistic approach and investigate the entire value chain from raw materials to economic calculations and quality testing of the end product, bio-based carbon black. The first step in the proposed project is to investigate how different renewable raw materials (for example, wood powder, pyrolysis oil and upgraded pyrolysis oil) affect the yield of carbon black and its material properties. Based on the material properties of carbon black, suitable areas of use are evaluated, while techno-economic calculations across the entire value chain provide the answer to the most suitable alternative(s).