Journal article
Post-combustion capture of CO2: Results from the solvent absorption capture plant at hazelwood power station using potassium carbonate solvent
KA Mumford, KH Smith, CJ Anderson, S Shen, W Tao, YA Suryaputradinata, A Qader, B Hooper, RA Innocenzi, SE Kentish, GW Stevens
Energy and Fuels | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1021/ef201192n
Abstract
Post-combustion capture of CO2 from flue gas generated in a 1600 MW brown-coal-fired power station has been demonstrated using a solvent absorption process. The plant, located at International Powers Hazelwood power station in Victorias Latrobe Valley, was designed to capture up to 25 tons/day of CO2 (expandable to 50 tons/day of CO2). The design of the capture plant was based on a proprietary solvent (BASF PuraTreat F). The main focus of this work, however, is to describe the performance of the plant using an unpromoted 30 wt % potassium carbonate (K2CO3) solution. The CO2-capture plant was successfully operated using both BASF PuratTreat F and K2CO3, during which performance data were coll..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Hazelwood carbon-capture plant has been funded by International Power with support from the Federal Government's Low Emission Technology Development Fund (LETDF) and the Victorian Government's Energy Technology Innovation Strategy Large Scale Demonstration Plant Fund (ETIS LSDP). The authors acknowledge Renato Anthony Innocenzi and his group at International Power Hazelwood (IPRH) for access to equipment and their support. The authors also acknowledge the financial support from Brown Coal Innovation Australia (B CIA) and the Australian Government through its Cooperative Research Centre Program. We thank Process Group (PG), CO2CRC participants, and the wider industry for their support. Infrastructure support from the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC), a special research center of the Australian Research Council, is also gratefully acknowledged.