We provided a number of components for the Schwarze Pumpe pilot plant and our expertise contributed significantly to the overall technical design.
Our contributions included cooling, pre-compression, drying, carbon dioxide (CO2) separation and post-compression apparatuses. We have also brought our wide-ranging process and design know-how to bear.
The energy group Vattenfall Europe has constructed a pilot oxyfuel CO2 separation facility in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park, in close proximity to the Schwarze Pumpe lignite-fired power plant.
The initial test phase commenced in July 2008, and the plant was hot-commissioned in September 2008.
Vattenfall’s 30-megawatt, lignite-fired pilot facility does not generate electricity, but provides power-generating plants in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park with process steam.
The resulting CO2 is transported 400 kilometres by road tanker to the Altmark region, where it is injected into a substantially depleted natural-gas field (see also enhanced gas recovery).
The findings from this pilot facility will be used to plan and construct an approximately 250-megawatt demonstration plant in Jänschwalde. The work carried out here will help develop the technology to the point where it is ready to enter the industrial market.
At a glance | |
| Name: | CO2 Sequestration |
| Country: | Germany |
| Raw material: | CO2 |
| Process technology: | Oxy-fuel process |
| Cooperation partner: | Vattenfall (client) |
| More information: | CO2 plants |
