Procedures for Scale-up and Qualification of CO₂ Capture Processes by Chemical Absorption

The project will develop procedures and tools for scaling up and qualifying post combustion CO₂ capture by chemical absorption. The work will be a further development of DNV’s DNV-RP-J201 “Qualification procedures for CO₂ capture technology” which applies to CO₂ capture in general and which was developed under the CLIMIT project “179126 Qualification of CO₂ capture technology”.

The project is divided into two phases, and in this first phase, status and deficiencies will be prepared in connection with upscaling and qualification of new CO₂ capture technology. This will take place in dialogue with the industry, and one or more new and untested technologies will be identified and will be included in a planned phase II of the project. In 2013, the project was adjusted. Based on input from industry and DNV GL’s own experience, the focus is now on updating the methodology in DNV-RP-J201 “Qualification procedures for CO₂ capture technology” by introducing technology maturity and defining the most important key parameters for operation of CO₂ capture technologies.

In 2013 and 2014, DNV GL had discussions with a number of future capture facility operators and suppliers to further develop the methodology described in DNV-RP-J201. Many showed interest in this, but as possible investments are not imminent, there was little willingness to financially support such a project. DNV GL has therefore chosen to further develop DNV-RP-J201 without financial contribution from other players.