Machine learning for industrial processes: forecasting amine emissions from a carbon capture plant

One of the main environmental impacts of amine-based carbon capture processes is the emission of the solvent into the atmosphere. To understand how these emissions are affected by the intermittent operation of a power plant, we performed stress tests on a plant operating with a mixture of two amines, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol and piperazine ...

Advancements in ship-based carbon capture technology on board of LNG-fuelled ships

The International Maritime Organization has set clear objectives towards drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions the coming decades in the maritime sector. While different ways to reduce emissions are already proposed, these are not expected to generate high CO2 abatement rates (in the case of fuel saving measures) or to be available and...

CCUS scenarios for the cement industry: is CO2utilization feasible?

In this work, four illustrative CO2 capture, utilization and storage chains are investigated in order to evaluate the economic feasibility of CCUS technologies in connection to the cement industry. A CCS reference chain in which 90% of the CO2 emissions (or 0,694 MtCO2/y) are stored in a saline aquifer is first studied. Due to emissions related...

Special Case Studies in Sustainable Carbon Capture

This chapter presents discussion of four selected case studies for sustainable carbon capture. The first case study is a high-level techno-economic integration study for CO2 capture in the waste to energy (WtE) sector, which may result in negative emissions, as a large part of the CO2 is biogenic. Integration of CO2 capture in this sector is...

Update on post-combustion carbon capture and storage on LNG fuelled vessels

The maritime industry has set clear objectives towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. Ship based carbon capture (SBCC) could play a large role in reducing these emissions on the short term. This study gives an update on the work that has been conducted towards carbon capture and storage on LNG fuelled vessels. This is...

ALIGN-CCUS: results of the 18-month test with aqueous AMP/PZ solvent at the pilot plant at Niederaussem – solvent management, emissions and dynamic behavior

After a 13,000-hour test campaign with aqueous 30 wt% MEA (2-aminoethanol) solvent at the CO2 capture pilot plant at Niederaussem, another long-term test was carried out as part of the ALING-CCUS project. This test ran for more than 12,275 hours with aqueous AMP/PZ (2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol/piperazine) solvent, named CESAR1 (3.0 molar AMP (~...

Carbon capture and storage and the sustainable development goals

For carbon capture and storage (CCS) to be a truly effective option within the efforts being made to mitigate climate change, it must be sustainable. An assessment is therefore required regarding how the deployment of CCS will positively contribute towards the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This assessment...

Impact of dissolved oxygen removal on solvent degradation for post-combustion CO2 capturew

One of the major issues encountered in the Post Combustion CO2 Capture processes is the degradation of the solvent which can be in great part attributed to the presence of oxygen in the solution. The present report focuses on the demonstration of DORA (Dissolved Oxygen Removal Apparatus), a technology developed by TNO as a counter-measure of...

Post-combustion Carbon Capture and Storage on LNG Fuelled Ships

Post-combustion CO2 capture by absorption is a mature technology that has been implemented in many industrial applications to decrease CO2 emissions from large point sources. As demonstrated in this work, the CO2 capture process can be implemented onboard as a retrofit technology, thus enabling timely implementation; a key element for the...

Results of the 18-month test with MEA at the post-combustion capture pilot plant at Niederaussem: new impetus to solvent management, emissions and dynamic behaviour

An almost continuous 13,000 h long-term testing under real operating conditions was conducted at the post combustion capture pilot plant in the Niederaussem lignite-fired power plant, with a 30 wt% aqueous monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent solution. The capture plant at Niederaussem shows lower solvent consumption and emissions in comparison to...