US-based energy services company Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) was awarded a contract to study its carbon capture solution at a waste coal and biomass plant currently under development.
The carbon-negative plant being developed by Pennsylvanian coal producer Consol Energy would run on waste coal and biomass, with the potential for demonstration in 5–10 years and commercialisation by 2030. Consol is evaluating carbon capture technologies as part of National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)’s 21st Century Power Plants initiative.
The proposed plant would have four pressurized fluid bed boiler combustors, each with CO2 emission capture targets of approximately 781,000 metric tons per year. B&W’s post-combustion SolveBright scrubbing system absorbs CO2 directly from the plant’s flue gas using a regenerable solvent that is then recycled for re-use.
This project will also include Honeywell’s advanced solvent carbon capture process technology, B&W said in a release. This point source CO2 removal technology can be retrofitted within existing plants or included as part of a new installation.
“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 utilized on this ground-breaking clean energy project,” said B&W executive vice president and COO Jimmy Morgan. “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 decarbonization solution.”
