Babcock & Wilcox to study application of SolveBright CO2-capture technology for CONSOL Energy's decarbonisation project
Published by Joe Toft,
Editorial Assistant
World Coal,
CONSOL Energy is evaluating post-combustion carbon capture technologies as part of a US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)’s 21st century power plants initiative, which is intended to support the development of the coal and biomass plants of the future to provide secure, stable, and reliable power while utilising otherwise unusable waste coal fines. The Worley Group is serving as lead contractor to CONSOL and is coordinating the technology evaluation.
The proposed 21st century power plant will have four pressurised fluid bed boiler combustors, each with CO2 emission capture targets of approximately 781 000 tpy. B&W’s SolveBright technology, which is part of its ClimateBrightTM suite of decarbonisation and hydrogen technologies, is a post-combustion solution that would be used to treat the flue gas stream from a pressurised fluidised bed combustor (PFBC) power plant to capture CO2 and generate clean energy with near-zero emissions.
B&W Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morgan, said:
“We are excited that B&W and Honeywell UOP have been selected for this study to determine how our advanced carbon capture technologies can be utilised on this ground-breaking clean energy project.”
“B&W’s proven SolveBright technology, which includes our experience with the design and construction of large field-erected absorbers, scrubbing systems and our development history of amine-based solvent systems, combined with Honeywell UOP’s amine-based solvent system experience and their ASCC technology, give us the ability to deliver a truly innovative decarbonisation solution.”
B&W’s SolveBright scrubbing system, which is highly flexible and can incorporate a variety of solvents and process technologies, absorbs CO2 directly from the plant’s flue gas using a regenerable solvent that is then recycled for re-use.
Barry Glickman, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions said,
“We are excited to pair Honeywell UOP’s innovative ASCC technology with B&W’s SolveBright carbon capture solution for CONSOL. The combination of Honeywell’s process technology expertise and B&W’s capabilities in large-scale, energy equipment design and construction is particularly well-suited for CONSOL’s project requirements. Post-combustion carbon capture is a viable, ready now solution that can reduce the CO2 footprint of the power sector and we look forward to demonstrating this at CONSOL’s 21st century power plant.”
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/power/26102022/babcock-wilcox-to-study-application-of-solvebrighttm-co2-capture-technology-for-consol-energy-decarbonisation-project/
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