Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process

Willson, Paul; Lychnos, George; Clements, Alastair; Michailos, Stavros; Font-Palma, Carolina; Diego, Maria Elena; Pourkashanian, Mohamed; Howe, Joe

Abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd A novel Advanced Cryogenic Carbon Capture (A3C) process is being developed using low cost but high intensity heat transfer to achieve high CO2 capture efficiencies with a much reduced energy consumption and process equipment size. These characteristics, along with the purity of CO2 product and absence of process chemicals, offer the potential for application across a range of sectors. This work presents a techno-economic evaluation for applications ranging from 3% to 35%vol. CO2 content. The A3C process is evaluated against an amine-based CO2 capture process for three applications; an oil-fired boiler, a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and a biogas upgrading plant. The A3C process has shown a modest life cost advantage over the mature MEA technology for the larger selected applications, and substantially lower costs in the smaller biogas application. Enhanced energy recovery and optimization offer significant opportunities for further reductions in cost.

Citation

Willson, P., Lychnos, G., Clements, A., Michailos, S., Font-Palma, C., Diego, M. E., …Howe, J. (2019). Evaluation of the performance and economic viability of a novel low temperature carbon capture process. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 86, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 22, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2021
• Journal: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
• Print ISSN: 1750-5836
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 86
• Pages: 1-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.001
• Keywords: Low temperature; Carbon capture; Anti-sublimation; Desublimation; Cryogenic separation
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3689376
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750583618307254?via%3Dihub
• Related Public URLs: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/145289/
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