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http://www.carboncapturejournal.com/displaynews.php?NewsID=500&PHPSESSID=746eo67nh54churqrv0u12c7f7Powerspan has released test results from a one-megawatt pilot unit demonstrating its post-combustion ECO2 carbon capture technology for coal-fired power plants.
The 1-MW pilot test unit is located at FirstEnergy Corp.'s R.E. Burger Plant near Shadyside, Ohio. The test results show that the pilot unit is meeting its performance goals.
In a real world operating environment, the pilot averaged greater than 90 percent CO2 capture from a slipstream of flue gas from the coal-fired power plant. The pilot performance data provided all of the information needed to move to commercial scale demonstration systems, said the company. Commercial cost estimates based on pilot performance data are less than $50 per ton for CO2 capture and compression.
During extended runs, the pilot unit averaged greater than 90 percent CO2 capture at design inlet CO2 conditions with regeneration energy of less than 1,200 Btu/lb after heat integration. The product CO2 was purified to meet industrial pipeline specifications using equipment that is part of the pilot installation. The pilot unit has demonstrated that it can adapt to the normal changes of an operating power plant, which is a necessary step in moving toward commercial scale systems.
In early 2010, Powerspan plans to publish an independent review of pilot test results along with an independent assessment of commercial cost implications. This review will be conducted by a leading global provider of engineering services to the energy, resource, and chemical process industries.
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