Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK

Lazic, Tihomir; Oko, Eni; Wang, Meihong

Abstract

Reliable, safe and economic CO₂ transport from CO₂ capture points to long term storage/enhanced oil recovery (EOR) sites is critical for commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Pipeline transportation of CO₂ is considered most feasible. However, in CCS applications there is concern about associated impurities and huge volumes of high pressure CO₂ transported over distances likely to be densely populated areas. On this basis, there is limited experience for design and economic assessment of CO₂ pipeline. The Humber region in the UK is a likely site for building CO₂ pipelines in the future due to large CO₂ emissions in the region and its close access to depleted gas fields and saline aquifers beneath the North Sea. In this paper, various issues to be considered in CO₂ pipeline design for CCS applications are discussed. Also, different techno-economic correlations for CO₂ pipelines are assessed using the Humber region as case study. Levelized cost of CO₂ pipelines calculated for the region range from 0.14 to 0.75 GBP per tonne of CO₂. This is a preliminary study and is useful for obtaining quick techno-economic assessment of CO₂ pipelines.

Citation

Lazic, T., Oko, E., & Wang, M. (2014). Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 228(3), 210-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408913500447

• Acceptance Date: May 22, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Oct 10, 2013
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Deposit Date: Mar 31, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 31, 2016
• Journal: Proceedings of the institution of mechanical engineers, part e : journal of process mechanical engineering
• Print ISSN: 0954-4089
• Electronic ISSN: 2041-3009
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 228
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 210-225
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408913500447
• Keywords: Case study, CO₂ transport, Pipeline, Network design, Techno-economic analysis
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/434414
• Publisher URL: http://pie.sagepub.com/content/228/3/210
• Additional Information: This is the accepted version of an article published in Proceedings of the institution of mechanical engineers, part e : journal of process mechanical engineering, 2014, v.228 issue 3.