Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is reviewed as an important technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon emissions originate from various industries each with different concentrations of CO2 e.g. 4 vol% from iron and steel facilities, 12 vol% from power plants, 33 vol% from cement and 40 vol% biogas.
Amine-based carbon capture is one of the more mature technologies for capturing CO2 from low concentration sources. However, there is still a lot of potential for improving the formulation of the amine solvent. To evaluate the performance of new solvents, it is important to have a baseline for comparison.
In this project, we aim to test and investigate the performance of solvents using a new mini-pilot setup. The solvents will be benchmark in a pilot with a capacity to treat up to 2 kg CO2/h with a liquid flow of 15 kg/h. The performance of the new solvents are compared to an existing base case solvent e.g. 30 wt% MEA. The scale of the mini-pilot allows for conducting CO2 capture experiments on a comparable basis and allows for testing of alternative configurations of the carbon capture process.