Webinar - ROAD Project - CO2 Capture Plant FEED Study
Time: 9:00AM – 10:00AM GMT (view world clock)
Elvira Huizeling, responsible for Special Projects in the Capture team of the ROAD project, will be leading a Global CCS Institute webinar on the ROAD CO2 Capture Plant FEED Study report. ROAD stands for ‘Rotterdam Opslag en Afvang Demonstratieproject’ (Rotterdam Capture and Storage Demonstration Project) and is one of the largest integrated demonstration projects in the world for the capture and storage of CO2.
ROAD just completed the front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the capture plant as performed by Fluor. The main results from the FEED study will be presented in this webinar, including topics such as technology selection, process flow diagrams, heat and mass balances, layout designs, cooling studies, capital and O&M cost estimates and project schedules.
In her role as Asset Development Manager at the department Corporate Development of E.ON Benelux, Elvira has over 5 years of experience in developing projects from the initiation until investment decision. Besides her work on the ROAD Special Projects she also works as the Location Manager for Maasvlakte within the Dutch CATO-2 applied CCS R&D program linking the Dutch research to the ROAD project development.
Elvira graduated in Applied Physics at the TU Delft, and has a Master of Business degree in Energy Systems of Delft Top Tech. She has worked in the Energy sector for 10 years.
ROAD CCS Project - Non-confidential FEED study report (8MB PDF)
For those that cannot view YouTube, a audio only file is available here.
Follow-up Q&A Session
The Institute fielded a number of questions during the webinar but were unfortunately not able to answer all of them in the allotted time. Unanswered questions were posed to ROAD and below is a list of the questions and responses. There were also a significant number of questions that were outside the technical scope of the webinar that we have liaised directly with individuals on.
Uwe Weihe, GEA PHE Systems
Q: What will be the cooling water? Freshwater or seawater?
A: The cooling water will be seawater
Richard Earl, Maersk Oil
Following on from the question I asked a question during the Webinar which was "Please clarify the O2 removal rate by the CATOX unit and the residual Oxygen in the product CO2."
This is particularly important for the other route to offshore EOR as we require an O2 content of 1ppmv/v. Please can ROAD confirm:
Q: Is 1ppmv/v achievable with the CATOX unit current design and if not what modifications would be required to the existing design.
A: The CATOX unit was designed to reduce the oxygen content to the required level for the pipeline and permanent storage in a depleted gas reservoir, i.e. 50 ppmv.
Q: If 1ppmv/v cannot be achieved what is the lowest achievable value?
A: It is expected after some modifications to the design the oxygen content could be reduced further.
Q: Is there instrumentation available to monitor and trip at the levels of 1ppmv/v?
A: There is instrumentation available to monitor the gas composition. The trip at levels currently foreseen is 75 ppmv.
Q: What is the Cost of the CATOX unit in the current design and if it was modified to achieve 1ppm/v or lowest achievable O2 content in the CO2 product.
A: Additional cost for modification and operation need to be reviewed if CO2 would need to be delivered with 1 ppmv O2.
Peter Kabatek, WorleyParsons
Q: Regarding the CO2purity, what is setting the O2content and for what reason?
A: O2comes with stripping process
Q: You mentioned 50 ppm sensitivity for trip of the CC plant on O2or H2O excursion in the CO2 stream. What are the normal operating levels of O2 and H2O in ppm?
A: Currently 50 ppm for both O2 and H20 are foreseen as normal operating levels
Q: What exactly does the CATOX unit do, and who is the vendor for it?
A: Removes oxygen by catalytic oxidation
Q: What is the solvent being used?
A: MEA formulation
Q: What is the specific energy for CO2capture and regeneration (Btu/lb CO2or equivalent units)?
A: The specific energy including compression is 57 MWe/47 kg/s
Idegbe Ebereonwu, Cardiff University UK
Q: What is s the temperature of the reboiler heat?
A: Reboiler Temperature between 110 and 130 degrees Celsius. Exact reboiler T is IP right of supplier
Claude Heller, Air Liquide, Director Business Development Europe
Q: Could we get some more details for the “Others” line in the investment split, at least the list of the items covered, the only one currently mentioned being the financial costs.
A: The “others” line in the investment split consists of:
- Contingencies
- Contractor’s Fee
- Escalation
- Insurance
- Various other cost items
