TCM Report; Operational Experience & Results

Overview of reports with operational experience

In this series of reports, you can read about our experiences of operating carbon capture facilities with a range of capture technologies and CO₂ concentrations. These experiences are based operation of the amine plant (mainly with non-proprietary MEA and CESAR1 solvents), Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP) plant and the dedicated Site for Emerging Technologies which tests next generation capture technologies such as membranes and sorbents.

• Operational Experience and Initial Results from the First Test Period at CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad
• Chilled Ammonia Process at Technology Centre Mongstad – First Results
• Results of amine plant operations from 30 wt% and 40 wt% aqueous MEA testing at the CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad
• Results from testing of Aker Solutions advanced amine solvents at CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad
• Field Demonstration of Advanced CDRMax Solvent at the USDOE’s National Carbon Capture Centre and the CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad DA, Norway
• Results from 30 wt% MEA performance testing at the CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad
• CO₂ product quality: assessment of the range and level of impurities in the CO2 product stream from MEA testing at the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM)
• CO₂ capture from RFCC flue gas with 30 wt% MEA at Technology Centre Mongstad, process optimization and performance comparison
• ION’s 6-month campaign at TCM with its low-aqueous capture solvent removing CO₂ from natural gas-fired and residue fluid catalytic cracker flue gases
• Results of the fourth Technology Centre Mongstad campaign: LVC testing
• CO₂ Capture and work environmental sampling at TCM – lessons learned
• First Process Results and Operational Experience with CESAR1 Solvent at TCM with High Capture Rates (ALIGN-CCUS Project)
• Critical Knowledge for CO₂-Intensive Industries to Implement Amine-Based Carbon Capture
• CO₂ Capture from SMR type flue gas using CESAR1 solvent at Technology Centre Mongstad
• Demo-scale testing of a hybrid membrane-sorbent system for post-combustion CO₂ capture
• Scale-Up Testing of Advanced Polaris™ Membrane CO₂ Capture Technology

Critical Knowledge for CO₂-Intensive Industries to Implement Amine-Based Carbon Capture

This paper has been written to provide some decarbonisation guidelines and recommendations for different CO₂-intensive industrial applications such as Cement, Oil Refineries, Waste to Energy, Steel, H₂ Production, Aluminium and Pulp & Paper. Relevant information has been provided for any potential project targeting a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions. The importance of flue gas characterisation has been indicated, including which typical components in the flue gas should be measured since these are important for properly planning and designing a CO₂ capture project. Additionally, based on Technology Centre Mongstad’s (TCM) experience with both clean flue gas (CCGT) and more contaminated flue gas (RFCC), recommendations are given for the importance of good solvent hygiene and maintaining low amine emissions to the stack and surrounding environment. It is expected that each of the industrial applications described will lie somewhere between the CCGT and RFCC in terms of flue gas cleanliness. It has also been demonstrated that material integrity of a CO₂ capture plant can be compromised if solvent hygiene is not maintained. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that material integrity and selection can have a considerable impact on CO₂ capture plant cost and reliability of operation.

Contact Muhammed Ismail Shah for further details.