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RTI's Carbon Capture Experience
RTI's Carbon Capture Experience
Process
Activated MDEA (aMDEA
)
aMDEA
has the lowest specific energy consumption
of any standard amine solvent for CO
2
removal.
aMDEA
has higher absorption kinetics and capacity
reducing equipment size resulting in lower capex and
opex.
Extensively used in hydrogen production, ammonia
manufacture, cryogenic gas processing, and LNG
production
Exploiting aMDEA
for CCS in IGCC requires
selective sulfur removal technology
RTIs Warm Desulfurization Process (WDP) enables use of advanced CC technology previously not
used for this application.
Feed Gas
CO
2
, H
2
S
aMDEA
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Integration of Syngas Cleaning and Carbon Capture Systems at Tampa Site
Clean
Fuel Gas
Process
Water
20% slipstream test (~50 MW
e
) enables direct commercial scale-up from this demonstration scale
Air
Air
Separation
GE Gasifier
(400 psig)
Syngas
Cooling
Scrubbers
COS
Hydrolysis
Oxygen
Coal/Petcoke
Char
Syngas
Cooling
MDEA
Sulfuric
Acid Plant Sulfuric
Acid
Process Condensate
Reheat/
Humidify
Clean Fuel Gas
Slag
Acid Gas
Syngas Diluent (N
2
)
128 Mwe
(122 Mwe)
8% H
2
O
Extraction Air
~
~
Water Gas
Shift Reactor
WDP
Syngas
Cooling
aMDEA
CO
2
Recovery
Regenerator Gas
Project Scope
Raw Syngas
Currently vented, but
could be sequestered or
recycled
WDP enables advanced CC
technology previously not used
for this application
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RTIs 50 MW Demo Project
Demonstrate RTIs technology to reduce capital costs, improve efficiency, and lower the carbon
footprint of advanced gasification
Mitigate design and scale-up risks for the first commercial plant
Obtain 5,000 to 8,000 hours of operations
Determine performance metrics
Verify capital and operating costs
Validate start-up and shut-down procedures
Capture >90% of CO
2
in syngas
~1,000 tonnes CO
2
/ day
50 MW Installation at TECO [Nov. 2013]
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Completed Construction &
Currently on Syngas
March 19, 2014
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Our experience with CCS at Tampa Electric
Designed and built a carbon capture system
equivalent to a 50 MWe plant
Characterized the geology for on-site storage
Determined that Polk Power Station (TECO) is
located above a suitable aquifer
Modelling indicated rapid mineralization of CO
2
and found synergies with waste water injection
EPA originally granted a Class V well permit
but later insisted on Class VI permit
Class V: Inject non-hazardous fluids underground
Class VI: Injection of CO
2
into underground
subsurface rock formations for long-term storage,
or geologic sequestration.
50 year MVA requirement
Clarified and expanded financial responsibilities
Project team decided to not sequester CO
2
since responsibility & liability would exceed
project lifetime
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Banholzer, 2008
CO
2
Utilization
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CO
2
Properties
Fully oxidized form of carbon
Extremely chemically stable
Conversion to useful products requires abundance of
reducing agents and energy
Challenge
Low-cost, abundantly available reducing agents that
have a small CO
2
footprint
Large enough market to mitigate CO
2
emissions
Cost-effective (competitive) pathways to valuable
products
Potential pathways that RTI is developing
CO
2
to CO using pet-coke and waste chars
CO
2
+ C 2CO [Reverse-Boudouard Reaction]
Ethylene epoxidation
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Acknowledgements
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Strategic Partners
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Fossil Energy - National Energy
Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Advanced Research Project Agency Energy
(ARPA-E)
U.S. EPA
Gassnova The Norwegian state enterprise for
carbon capture and storage.
Commercial Partners
BASF
Linde
Masdar
Norcem
SINTEF
University Collaborators
Pennsylvania Sate University
Masdar Institute
Key RTI Staff Contributing to CO
2
Program
Dr. Marty Lail
Mr. Thomas Nelson
Dr. Atish Kataria
Dr. Markus Lesemann
Dr. Jak Tanthana
Dr. Paul Mobley
Dr. JP Shen
Dr. Sree Pavani
Dr. Brian Turk
Dr. Raghubir Gupta
RTIs Energy Technology Division