CO2 CAPTURE

The first part of any large-scale CCS project is capturing CO₂ from an industrial facility or from the atmosphere. Mature CO₂ capture technology exists for many industries, and in recent years the focus has moved beyond CCS from gas processing or fossil fuel power generation to include hard-to-abate industries such as cement, steel, refining, hydrogen, and ammonia.

Pressure is mounting on these sectors to deeply decarbonize, and CCS is set to play a crucial role in their transition to net zero. Due to the costs and infrastructure required, CO₂ capture projects focus on sources of significant emissions. Many of these industrial facilities have multi-decade lifecycles, meaning that CO₂ capture needs to be retrofitted.

Key challenges relating to CO₂ capture include:

• Introducing new technologies and enhancements to increase efficiency and reduce cost
• Scaling up deployment 
• Mitigating the risk of accidental discharge and dispersion of concentrated CO₂
• Safely handling solvents used during CO₂ capture.

DNV ensures the safe, cost-efficient scale-up of CO₂ capture technologies

Key services:

• Feasibility support
• Introduction of new technologies
• Technology reviews and benchmarking
• Up-scaling risk assessments
• HSE risk assessments
• Mitigating accidental release and dispersion
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of CO₂ leaks and dispersion.