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Publish date: May 23, 2011
Written by: Niklas Kalvø Tessem
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The CCS-validation project achieved a successful scale-up of ten times the size of previous field pilots, according to the Cabon Capture Journal.
The main results are:
– Capture rates from 75% (design value) to as high as 90%
– CO2 purity of greater than 99%.
– Energy penalties within a few percent of predictions from Alstom’s process simulation model.
– CO2 injection levels of approximately 7,000 tonnes/month (the equivalent of taking 17,000 cars off the road).
– Robust steady-state operation during all modes of power plant operation including load changes.
– Availability of the CCS system greater than 90%.
Alstom is satisfied with the achievements so far.
– By partnering with American Electric Power, we have been able to advance the technology while at the same time raising awareness of the need for CCS technology to address CO2 emissions from new and existing coal and natural gas power plants,” said Patrick Fragman, Alstom’s VP, Environmental Control Systems & CO2 Capture Systems, in a press release.
Larger-scale phase two
With these results, the formal testing period is completed. This provides further confidence to start phase two, a large-scale demonstration period with the ability to capture up to 1.5 million tonne CO2 per year.
AEP’s Mountaineer plant is a 1,300-megawatt electrical coal-fired unit that was retrofitted in 2009 with Alstom’s patented chilled ammonia CO2– capture technology on a 20 megawatt (MW) portion. The CO2 is being compressed and piped for storage into deep geologic formations, roughly 2.4 kilometer beneath the plant surface.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has told the United Nations atomic energy watchdog that Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently occupied by Russian troops and technicians, fueling worries about a serious nuclear accident on the front lines of a grinding military conflict.
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