KM CDR ProcessTM Project Update and the New Novel Solvent Development. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miyamoto, Osamu; Maas, Cole; Tsujiuchi, Tatsuya; Inui, Masayuki; Hirata, Takuya; Tanaka, Hiroshi; Yonekawa, Takahito; Kamijo, Takashi
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 114(2017)
• Page Start: 5616
• Page End: 5623
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Mitsubishi Heavy Industires (MHI) -- Petra Nova Project -- Southern Company -- NRG -- JX -- post-combustion CO2 capture -- KS-1TM -- KM CDR ProcessTM -- heat integration -- High Efficiency System (HES) -- amine solvent -- energy penalty -- climate change; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1700
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: The Petra Nova Project will be the world's largest post combustion CO2 capture plant on coal fired flue gas once it begins operation expected in the 4 th Quarter of 2016. The CO2 capture plant uses MHI's KM CDR Process TM which has been in development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) in collaboration with the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) since 1990 and has been refined through the application of lessons learned from other commercial plants and R&D projects. MHI continues to improve its technology by focusing on developing more efficient systems and reducing CO2 capture costs. MHI demonstrated a 25 MW heat integration technology using (Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd.) MHPS's High Efficiency System (HES) with Southern Company Services. The project resulted in significant heat recovery and improvements in pollutant capture performance in the electrostatic precipitator (ESP). MHI also evaluated the performance of a new, novel solvent at a 2 tpd pilot test plant in Japan. The pilot test results show lower steam consumption, solvent degradation, and solvent emissions than those of KS-1 TM solvent. MHI plans to continue developing the new solvent until it is ready for commercial deployment. Through R&D and through the collection of lessons learned from commercial plants, MHI is working towards reducing the cost and the environmental footprint of CO2 capture.