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SINTEF Materials and Chemistry

R&D activities on CO2 capture and transport at SINTEF Materials and

ChemistryRune Bredesen

Vice President Research


Japan- Norway Science Week, Tokyo, May 27/28th, 2015

SINTEF Materials and Chemistry 2

Main Topics - CO2 Capture and Transport for power plant and industry

� Post Combustion CO2 Capture� Chemical solvents� Solid Adsorption� Hybrid membranes

� Oxy-fuel� O2 transport membranes� O2 carrier materials

� Pre Combustion CO2 Capture� CO2 adsorbents� H2 separating membranes� CO2 separating membranes

� CO2 Transport� Integrity and running fracture in pipelines� Seal, liners, flexible pipes� Fluid dynamics,� CO2 mixture properties

� CO2 Utilization� Chemicals from CO2

We perform research within the following technology areas:

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Power plant

Conventional

CO2

capture

Coal

Oil

Natural

gas

CO2

Storage /

Utilization

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CO2

capture

Power plant

Hydrogen-rich

fuel2

Air separationPower plant

Oxy-fuel combustion

Water

removal

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Exhaust, 0.3-0.5% CO2

Exhaust,

0.1-0.5% CO2

Post-combustionPre-combustionOxyfuel

Water-

shift

Gasification

Reforming

Capture from industry and off-shore platforms

Unit modelling and integrated power cycle modelling



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Overview of main activities related to CO2 capture and transport

Solvent

technology

MNOK 54.4

MYEN 835.2

Sorbent

technology

MNOK 19.8

MYEN 304.0

CO2 Transport

MNOK 1.8

MYEN 27.6

Membrane

technology

MNOK 12.5

MYEN 191.9

Advanced infrastructure

International cooperation

From fundamental research

to industry scale-up

Budget 2014 was

MNOK 88.5 - MYEN 1358.7

SINTEF participates in the

European Carbon Dioxide

Capture and StoragE

Laboratory Infrastructure



Solvent

technology


SINTEF together with NTNU works

with industry on all scales to

develop solvent based

CO2 capture

technology

Post combustion CO2 capture

SINTEF in-house activities

Technology

Centre Mongstad

Aker Solution

mobile unit



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� Objectives: Develop functional and environmental friendly post combustion systems,

utilizing novel absorption chemistry and adapted process design, enabling a

breakthrough in terms of reducing the costs of CO2 capture

� Started in August 2008.- Ca. 340 MNOK (MYEN 5220) over 8 years.

� Sponsors: Gassnova, Norwegian Research Council and industry partners

SOLViT - Solvents for the next generation of post combustion CO2 capture systems

In-house developed process simulation software for CO2 capture processesIn-house developed process simulation software for CO2 capture processes

CO2 pilot lab TillerCO2 pilot lab TillerCO2 lab pilot CO2 lab pilot

Extensive modelling tools and lab infrastructure for

screening and characterization of solvents



SINTEF has together with NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

a leading research community within CO2- capture absorption processes

Prof. Hallvard Svendsen, NTNU

received the Greenman Award

at the 12th GHGT Conference



Tiller - SINTEF's flexible pilot facility for

post combustion CO2 capture

CO2 Lab TillerCO2 Lab Tiller

CHIPPER

(Alstom)

CHIPPER

(Alstom)

SOLVit

& NorCem

(Aker)

SOLVit

& NorCem

(Aker)SO2Solve

(Cansolv)

SO2Solve

(Cansolv)

3rd gen solventsChilled ammoniaGas pre-treatment

Currently ongoing SINTEF research projects with piloting at Tiller

Flexible flue gas source for flue gas separation:



Solvent

technologyMembrane

technology

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Gas-Liquid membrane

contactor set-up

Gas-Gas membrane

separation module

Polymeric and hybrid membrane activities in cooperation with NTNU


� Membrane material development (polymeric/composite/hybrid with inorganic

nanoparticles)

� Development and up-scaling of flat sheet and hollow fiber membranes

� Membrane performance test under similar to real application conditions � Pressure 1-10 bar; Temperature 20-60oC; Humidity (RH%) 0 -100%

� Mixed gas (5-50% CO2 in N2 or CH4 ), Contaminants (SOx, NOx, H2S, hydrocarbons, water, etc.)

� Post –combustion, Natural gas sweetening, Bio-gas upgrading, Medical & health conditioning

Pilot scale,

area 900 cm2- 10m2

Laboratory scale, area 20 cm2



FSC (fixed site carrier) membranes – pilot testing

NORCEM membrane project:

CO2 capture from cement plant flue gas

(flat sheet type membrane)

Tiller Membrane Pilot Plant

(Operation planned in 2015)

Natural gas sweetening at high

pressure (30-100 bar) with H2S,

in hydrocarbons



Polymeric and hybrid membrane activities in cooperation with NTNU

FSC-2 (Air Products,

DNV GL, Statoil )

FSC-2 (Air Products,

DNV GL, Statoil )


Up-scaling and demonstration of the SINTEF Pd-membrane technology

Reinertsen AS - SINTEF- GASSNOVA project

Support Pd-alloy film Membrane Membrane module

Mo

RuMo TaTa

Au Ag

Feed: 90% H2 in N2, Ar sweep, Feed and permeate

side at atmospheric pressure, T= 400ºC, thickness

equals 2.3 ±0.3µm for alloy membranes

Pd-alloy membranes for pre-combustion and hydrogen production

processes

Pilot testing (2016)

Separation of H2



Powder conditioning

Pastes preparation

Production of tubes

Coating of tubes

Sintering of membranes

Slurries preparation

Functionalization of membranes

� Powder synthesis and conditioning

� Forming of ceramics into planar, rod and tubular geometry

� Coating of porous and dense layers

� Up-scaling production with industry

Ceramic powder and membrane fabrication laboratory

Membranes for high temperature oxygen separation and hydrogen separation

Powder production Membrane production in clean room condition

10µm

Membrane

Support

Asymmetric membrane



Solvent

technologySorbent

technology


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• Oxygen carrier material development and testing for CLC and CLR in gas and coal fired power plants

• Involvement with industry in several European projects during last 10 years

• More than 100 different compositions have been tested

Freeze granulation Spray drying with

agglomeration

Spray granulation Extrusion

Competence on several granulation methods: Long term CLC testing – process development

100 kW CLC reactor 3 kW screening CLC reactor500W Rotating bed CLC

reactor

Chemical looping technology development


SINTEF Energy


Low temperature adsorbents for CO2 separationTypes: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Zeotype, polymers, silica

based, Activated carbon

Preparation: Autoclaves, high throughput, surface modification,

techniques for the shaping of soft (nano structured) materials

Characterization: Ex situ and in situ characterization during operation

Adsorption properties: 1, 2 and 3 component isotherms, adsorption

kinetics, effect of H2O, H2S, etc.

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MOF adsorbents can adsorb more than

25 wt% CO2 at 10 kPa CO2 pressure

Structural analyses show that CO2 bonds

directly to the open metal center on CPO-27-Ni

MOF shaping into structured hybrid honeycomb

adsorbents for multicolumn operation

MOF shaping into spheres:

CPO-27-Ni/ alginate



Development of cyclic processes utilizing CO2 adsorbents

Effect of adsorbent density on

performance in a PSA

Four column PSA/PVSA rigModeling footprint of MBTSA process

Post-combustion processes (4-15 vol% CO2, 1 atm ptot):

� Multicolumn structured adsorbents for temperature swing adsorption (TSA)

� Moving bed TSA (MBTSA)

� Multi-column Pressure-vacuum-swing adsorption (PVSA)

Pre-combustion process (20-30 vol% CO2, 35-40 atm ptot):

� Pressure swing adsorption (H2/CO2)

Dynamic process modelling (gPROMS, COMSOL): design of process

Design and construction of pilots for proof-of-concept: model validation



Solvent

technology

CO2

Transport


CO2-transport – pipeline research

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First crack arrest test on dense phase CO2

� CO2 pipeline is very different than natural gas pipeline due to its thermodynamics and transition to two-phase behaviour upon sudden leaks/decompression

� Little or no worldwide experience in handling the risk of long running fractures in dense-phase CO2 transporting pipelines

� HSE issues related to large leaks: CO2 is asphyxiant, and more dense than air

SINTEF crack arrest testing of pipelines for DNV-GL

in 2012 on dense phase CO2

Numerical tool for fracture propagation control in CO2

pipelines is developed by SINTEF in the

International Centre for Environment-friendly Energy

Research BIGCCSSecond arrest test

No crack arrest!



Developed tools and technology

Numerical fluid-structure interaction model:

• To predict length of final rupture and material and fluid

requirements for rapid arrest of fracture

• Full steel material description (elasto-visco-plastic)

• Transporting fluids at any composition and pressure

(e.g. natural gas, Hydrogen, CO2/CO2-mix).

• Verified for natural gas, Hydrogen and (in progress)

dense phase CO2

• A unique model framework:

• Full interaction among fluid, pipeline and backfill

• Specific backfill cases e.g. subsea conditions can

easily be studied

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Simulation model of experiment for DNV-GL

Material surrounding pipe also modelled

A Graphical User Interface for assessment of fracture

propagation control in pipelines

� Points to situations where existing empirical

framework is non-conservative and non-valid

� Will be directly linked to fluid-structure interaction model

Snapshot from Graphical User Interface



SINTEF hopes to extend our cooperation with Japanese academia and industry

The contributions of many SINTEF colleagues are gratefully acknowledged

Thank you for your attention


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