A Post-Combustion Capture Deployment Derisking Pilot Plant

Elliott, William; Benz, August; Gibbins, Jon; Samson, Abby; Lucquiaud, Mathieu; Michailos, Stavros

Abstract

Pilot tests specifically to derisk full scale deployment of amine post-combustion capture plants are becoming of interest as plans for further commercial projects are being developed in the UK and elsewhere. Experience with problems in full-scale deployment of post-combustion capture using amines to date and ongoing studies suggests that a number of risks to successful project completion could be mitigated by suitable pilot tests. Possible test unit concepts at ~10 tCO2/day and ~100 kgCO2/day scale are described, together with proposed test programme objectives and requirements. In all cases ‘boring’ test programmes lasting a year or more will be needed to verify trends that might not appear until similar, or longer, periods have elapsed on full scale plants in commercial service. Pilot tests prior to deployment are recommended in the UK and it appears that the temporary installation of units to do this will be facilitated by regulators.

Citation

Elliott, W., Benz, A., Gibbins, J., Samson, A., Lucquiaud, M., & Michailos, S. (2022). A Post-Combustion Capture Deployment Derisking Pilot Plant. In Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) 23-24 Oct 2022. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4282112

• Conference Name: 16th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-16
• Conference Location: Lyon, France
• Start Date: Oct 23, 2022
• End Date: Oct 27, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Oct 23, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Nov 29, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2022
• Publisher: Social Science Research Network
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) 23-24 Oct 2022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4282112
• Keywords: Post-combustion capture, Amine, Pilot testing
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4138693
• Publisher URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4282112
• Related Public URLs: https://ghgt.info/ghgt-16-proceedings/