XLR8 CCS Project
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- £1.7 million funding awarded from the UK government Net Zero Innovation Portfolio
- 3 feasibility studies conducted
- 3 solvent compatibility test units designed, built and deployed
- CO₂ conditioning for export by road, rail and river barge designed
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In partnership with novel technology developer, C-Capture, and three host sites, including NSG in St Helens, Wood deployed three solvent compatibility test units to demonstrate performance and robustness of a novel CO₂ capture solvent on three hard-to-abate industries: glass manufacture, cement manufacture and energy from waste.
Each test unit was jointly designed and built by Wood and C-Capture. Their operation at each site allowed collection of vital operational data, such as solvent performance and degradation under real-world conditions.
Operation of the test unit at NSG’s Pilkington Glass facility marked the world’s first CO₂ capture pilot in the flat glass industry, which started in December 2023.
For each site, a feasibility study for full scale deployment of the technology was also completed including options for heat integration, CO₂ export mode and destination studies and conceptual design development for all required tie-ins, CO₂ capture unit, CO₂ conditioning and supply of all offsites and utilities required for the fully functioning plant.
Data from C-Capture’s previous pilots were used to determine the design parameters for scale up of this novel technology, including the highly attractive 1.8 GJ/t solvent regeneration energy.
More information here:
Wood partner with C-Capture to accelerate next-generation CCUS technology in the UK | Wood
