CCS Gas and Industry Research Activities in Norway, Nils Røkke (Sintef) UK/Norway/Canada Meeting 18/19 March 2015

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Natural gas and Industrial CCS Research Activities in
Norway
Dr. Nils A. Røkke VP Climate Technologies SINTEF
19 March 2015
Boundary Dam Peterhea
d
TCM

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Topics
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Why gas CCS?
Why industrial CCS
Some R&D snapshots
Lab's

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17/3 -2000
Prime minister Bondevik resigns after demanding a vote of confidence for his
cabinet in the matter of not allowing gas power plant concessions without
CCS – and lost

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Natural gas supply to Europe
www.EclipseEnergy.com

5. Cost of different NORDICCS Case Scenarios
- Nth of a kind (NOAK) Capture Technology

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7. BIGCCS -Facts and status
BIGCCS – key information
► Duration: 8 years
► Scientific staff: 60
► PhDs: 30
► Budget: 512 MNOK (€58 million, US$61 million
CAD$78 million)
Achievements
► Industrial success stories (Snøhvit, TCM, …)
► Laboratory infrastructure established (ECCSEL, CO2 FieldLab,
CO2/Tiller Lab …)
► 31 new R&D projects initiated based on BIGCO2/BIGCCS activity:
 9 CLIMIT KPN projects – added to BIGCCS – Premium projects
 22 Offspring projects
► Significant scientific achievements
► 327 publications
► Commercial project opportunities identified
BIGCCS Industry partners
BIGCCS Research partners
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CO2fieldlab
BIGH2
OxyGT
SOLVit
IMPACTS
CAMPS
Caprock properties
CO2Mix
Chemical looping
combustion
Industrial CO2 cap tech
HT membranes
CCS chain methodology
Pipeline fracture tool
CO2 dissolution model
CO2 storage models
Calcium looping
Precipitating systems
BIGCLC BIGCLC
HyMemCOPI
DeFACTO
SINTERCAP
Well Integrity
Caprock properties ReCap
Chipper
COMPLETE

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Process flow diagram
• Height: 6 m
• AR diameter: 230 mm
• FR diameter: 154 mm
• Operation temp: 1000 °C
• Solid circulation rate: 2 kg/s
• Fuel flow (CH4): 3 g/s (150 kW)

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150 kW CLC hot rig installed
150 kW CLC test rig
Spray granulated Colormax

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0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2 1,4
α, [mol-CO2/mol-Am]
∆Habs,[kJ/mol-CO2]
40ºC
80ºC
120ºC
[Jou et al., 1994]
[Lee et al., 1974]
Solvent development and plant modifications
Energy requirement reductions
Environmentally benign solvents
High stability
Fast reaction rates
Low volatility
• targets new solvents with 35%
energy reduction in first phase,
50% in second phase
•more than 30% already
achieved

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Membranes

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Pre-C Area – Pd Membranes
Referen
ce
Base-
case
HyGenS
ys
CLR(
s)
CLR(
a)
MemR
EF
MemW
GS
SEWGS
Efficiency
(%)
57.2 40.9 41.9 46.3 42.1 46.2 47.1 44.3
Avoidance
rate
(%)
- 92.6 91 92 92.2 91.9 92.1 94.9
Cost of
avoidance
(€/tCO2)
- 117.5 107.9 102.4 140.6 121.1 81.2 99.1
Cost of
capture
(€/tCO2)
- 82.1 77.1 81.5 101.2 96.1 65.9 75.9
Break-even
electricity price
(€/MWh)
55.9 86.6 82.7 81.3 94 87.4 74.4 81.3
T = 400C
Flux @ 26 bars: 2477 mL·cm-2·min-1
16.93 mol·m-2·s-1
1486 m3·m-2·h-1
World-record

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Design Reinertsen AS Pilot Plant at Orkanger
F. Roness et al. CLIMIT SUMMIT 2015
Pd-based hydrogen separation membrane module for pre-combustion process
Membrane Pilot Project
Up-scaling of Pd-based
membrane technology for
power generation and
hydrogen production with
CO2 capture
Partners: Reinertsen AS and
SINTEF
Funding: Reinertsen AS and
CLIMIT Demo (GASSNOVA)

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FSC-PVAm membranes in pilot tests:
1. EDP, Sines, Portugal, the FSC-membrane; flat sheets (ended)
2. NORCEM Cement plant at Brevik, Norway
3. Tiller test site, Trondheim – Norway:
Scaling up to 10 m2 – coating the FSC-membrane hollow fibers.
Contact: Prof. May Britt Hägg- NTNU
Flat sheets, ~2m2, -
durability demonstrated
towards SOx and NOx
In flue gas: ~13% CO2
Tested in Nanoglowa
2012
2014

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Combustion stuff

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BIGH2 - Background (2)
www.eera-set.eu
Non-premixed combustion of hydrogen-rich fuels in GTs is ”old tech”, but…
• Unmixedness - High T - High NOx
• NOx removal - Dilution with steam or N2 - Dilution efficiency loss ~5%
BIGH2 - Development of lean pre-mixed gas turbine combustors able to burn H2-rich
fuels, enabling pre-combustion CCS
Fuel flexibility key: Low/intermittent availability of H2-stream expected - Combustor
must be able to operate on traditional fossil fuels as backup

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SINTEF's combustion research group
Advanced modeling of turbulent
reactive flows for 30 years
DLR's combustion research group
Experimental investigations of GT
combustors with laser diagnostics at
high p
ALSTOM Power
Vast know-how in GT/combustor
design and testing
Funding from CLIMIT and COORETEC
BIGH2 - International consortium

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BIGH2 – Some lesson learned (1)
Point sources of H2 are problematic - Seek alternative injection methods

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OCC (Oxyfuel Combustion Combined Cycle)
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Compressors Turbines OCC
LP HP O2 Fuel HP LP PT Generator HP LP Generator
Cooling Fluid
Heater HRSG Scrubber/ Deaerator
Condenser
CO2 Compression Bleed
CO2 @ 145 bar
OXYGT - Cycle optimization and conceptual turbine design

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Burner and combustor manufactured and tested in oxyfuel test facility at SINTEF
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HiPrOx Test Facility
OXYGT – Combustion system

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HiPrOx high pressure combustion test rig
Test burner
OXYGT – Combustion system (4)
Burner and combustor testing
CO2 storage tank

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60 kW and 7.1 bara 50 kW and 7.5 bara 100 kW and 3.5 bara
All tests@ O2C = 27% and PFR = 28.5%.
OXYGT – Combustion system

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DEMOXYT

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Main objectives
• Operate a world class pan-European
distributed CCS research infrastructure
used to further develop CCS
technologies for reducing CO2
emissions
• Integrate and upgrade existing research
facilities and supplement with new
ones
• Enhance European science, technology
development, innovation,
competitiveness and education in all
fields of CCS
• Investment >€250 million, €40 million
already invested
• Entered pilot phase 1 January 2015
www.eccsel.org
Enabling low to zero CO2 emissions from industry and power generation

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Summary
• Extensive activities in natural gas CCS
• Political drive
• Role as major gas exporter
• Energy Intensive Industries has taken a position to deploy CCS
• No regret option for deep decarbonisation
• Centres working as nurseries for new technologies, projects and innovations
• Major EU FP7/H2020 programme operator including ESFRI project ECCSEL
• Open for cross border co-operation, now and in the future

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