Vegar Stokset
Head of Communications
Frank Ellingsen
Managing Director TCM-DA
TCM is a two source facility for testing
and improving CO2 capture
technology.
Knowledge gained will prepare
the ground for CO2 capture initiatives
to combat climate change.
TCM – Highlights
2005
2006
2009
2012
Government policy: No carbon based power generation
in Norway without CCS
Norwegian Government and Statoil agreed 2-staged approach:
1: Demonstrate and develop capture technologies (TCM)
2: Build large scale (1 mTons CO2/year) capture plant
Investment decision taken for TCM.
Partnership established (TCM DA)
Official inauguration in May 2012
Five year initial test period started
Sea water inlet
Area for future
technologies
Power plant
CO2 vent
Amine plant
Chilled ammonia plant
Catalytic
cracker
Utility systems
Substation
Admin
complex
Power plant flue
gas = 3.5% CO2
Refinery RCC flue
gas = 13% CO2
Collecting data from 4000 online instruments
Analyzing samples from 100 sampling points
Multi-discipline technical staff
WWW.tcmda.com
1
Establish CCS as cost
efficient climate solution with
acceptable risk
2
Drive technology development
through utilizing available
infrastructure
3
Develope and position TCM in
a global knowledge- and test
network
4
Develop a business model for
testing technology at TCM which is
attractive to technology-developers
and technology-vendors.
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Reduce costs (Cost/kWh)
Mitigate risks when implementing
full-scale CC- solutions
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Be an active part in shaping the CCS-technology
landscape
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Ensure an acctive global network
Exploit synergy with other players
and institutions
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Offer a test facility that is attractive for technology
suppliers and R&D institutions, this to secures high
activity level and thereby contribute to the global CCS
development
Testing activities at the Amine Plant
• Initial test period for 15 months with Aker Clean Carbon
• Focus on process performance, mainly energy efficiency - steam and electricity
consumption -, solvent degradation and emissions monitoring.
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Online instruments monitoring the plant performance and emissions.
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Lab programme and third party measurement campaigns focusses on monitoring solvent performance,
degradation and emissions to air and water.
• Baseline study with MEA solvent to validate simulation model as well as providing a
base case for future vendors.
Goal: Establish an energy efficient process and to mitigate risks when implementing a full-scale Carbon Capture Unit
Future utilization of Amine plant
• Good response to “Request for interest”
(RFI) for use of the Amine plant.
• Short listed: Aker, Siemens, Hitachi,
Mitsubishi
• The Amine test unit will be available for
one of the short listed beginning 2014.
Testing activities at the Chilled Ammonia Plant
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Initial period of 13months (+ optional 6 months) based on test program developed by Alstom.
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Focus on process optimization, including: energy efficiency, ammonia consumption and low emissions, steady state and
transient operations, impact of flue gas impurities.
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The solvent composition do not produce degradation products and is based on a low cost and available solvent. The
solvent (ammonia +water) is simple and the mixture with CO2 do not require other components/additives to avoid
corrosion, foaming, degradation etc. From this, basically simple solution (O, C, N, H and traces of S), measurements of N
and C allow the development of a reliable simulation model, based on the tests, for calculation of the heat and mass
balances.
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To air ammonia is measured.
Goal: Establish an energy efficient process and to mitigate risks when implementing a full-scale Carbon Capture Unit
Utilization of avaliable site
• Invitation to vendors to use the
available open slot/land, utilities
and other infrastructure
• Open for acceptance until 01.07.2013
www.tcmda.com/Global/Dokumenter
Thank You !
Photo: Søren Rysgaard / Galathea