Application
Carbon Capture
Carbon capture is a critical technological solution in the battle against climate change.
As the world grapples with escalating greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), capturing and storing this excess carbon from various sources has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate its adverse environmental effects.
Carbon capture refers to the process of capturing CO2 emissions generated from industrial processes, power plants, and even direct air capture. The captured CO2 is then stored or repurposed to prevent its release into the atmosphere, thus reducing the overall carbon footprint. There are
several key components to carbon capture:
- Capture Technologies: There are various methods for capturing CO2, including post-combustion capture, pre-combustion capture, and oxyfuel combustion. Postcombustion capture involves capturing CO2 emissions after they are produced, while pre-combustion capture focuses on preventing CO2 formation during combustion. Oxyfuel combustion involves burning fossil fuels in oxygen-rich environments, making CO2 capture easier.
- Transportation: Once CO2 is captured, it needs to be transported to suitable storage locations. Pipelines are a common means of transporting CO2 over long distances. Efficient transportation is crucial to ensure the captured carbon reaches its destination without leaks.
- Storage: Carbon capture also includes the safe and secure storage of CO2. Geological storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs, saline aquifers, and other underground formations is a common method. The CO2 is stored in these geological formations, preventing its release into the atmosphere.
- Utilization: In addition to storage, captured CO2 can be put to productive use. It can be used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to increase oil production from existing wells. Moreover, CO2 can be converted into valuable products such as chemicals, plastics, or even synthetic fuels, creating a circular carbon economy.
The benefits of carbon capture are substantial. Firstly, it offers a means to reduce CO2 emissions from existing industrial and energy infrastructure, providing a bridging solution as society transitions to cleaner energy sources. Secondly, carbon capture technologies can be retrofitted to older facilities, minimizing the need for costly infrastructure overhauls. Moreover, carbon capture can help industries with limited decarbonization options, like heavy manufacturing and aviation, reduce their carbon footprint.
The stream to be treated coming from those industry will need, in most of the case, a pre-conditioning unit that will modify the physical and chemical properties of the flue gas emission flow in order to make it suitable for the Carbon Capture technology.
This pre-treatment unit might be including pollutant removal (SOx, NOx, HCl, HF, other VOC etc…), cooling/heating of the stream, chemical additive injection and other specific treatment according to the unique application that will go trough this decarbonization process With Our Technology Flowvision can provide to our valued customer a complete package that will make your flue gas stream coming from any industry suitable for most of the technologies of CCS. Do not hesitate to contact us to discover more about this brand-new technology.
