Towards large scale CCS

Abstract

In order to reduce CO2 emissions on a global scale large pilot and demonstration projects that trial new technologies, designs, or construction techniques applicable to full scale plants need to be undertaken. Process Group has designed and built several pilot scale capture plants including one located at the Hazelwood Power Station, which is the largest capture plant on a coal fired power station in Australia. This paper discusses some of the lessons from these pilot plants and presents a new retrofit postcombustion study that investigates carbon capture from a 500MW power station (nominally 3.7 million tpa CO2) using three solvents with and without heat integration into the steam cycle. Da..