Carbon Clean, a global leader in the provision of modular carbon capture solutions, has announced successful on-site checks on its new CycloneCC C1 technology on a commercial scale in the United Kingdom. This technology utilises centrifugal force to improve CO² absorption, and is able to capture up to 100 000 tonnes of CO² annually.
Word comes from Carbon Clean that the new development passed a comprehensive programme of checks with flying colours and is now ready for commercial use on an industrial scale. The company reports that this success is an important milestone for the modular CycloneCC C1 series from Carbon Clean, which combines the world’s largest rotating packed bed (RPB) for carbon capture with the proprietary solvent APBS-CDRMax, in order to enhance efficiency. Compared with the first industrial demonstration of CycloneCC, which was designed for capturing up to 10 tonnes of CO² each day, RPB capacity has hence been increased more than twenty times over, Carbon Clean states.
The British-Indian company explains that its Cyclone CC-C1 series replaces the large columns traditionally used in carbon capture systems with compact, highly efficient RPBs. Each unit has a reported capacity to capture up to 100 000 tonnes of CO² each year, while the company calculates that the height of the system is reduced by 70%, its steel requirement by 35 % and its total surface area by up to 50 % compared with conventional technology. Moreover, the biggest facility parts are reported to be up to ten times smaller than in conventional systems.
A cost-effective solution
With its modular, scalable systems, Carbon Clean is a leading provider of technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide. Established as a start-up by two graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in India, the global company has its headquarters in London. The company’s modular systems, which use a proprietary solvent in order to capture and isolate carbon dioxide from waste gas streams, are considerably more efficient at carbon capture than conventional processes. Carbon Clean claims to be able to reduce carbon capture costs by up to 50%, and indicates that its modular system packages can even be installed in the tightest of existing industrial facilities. The company’s scalable solution helps power stations and industrial enterprises, such as refineries and cement and steel works, to capture more than 90% of their CO² emissions and thus reduce their operating costs and impacts on the environment.
The world’s first carbon capture in a steelworks
Carbon Clean first developed a pilot carbon capture plant in 2021 and put it into operation at a blast furnace at India’s Tata Steel. Carbon Clean’s technology is being demonstrated at the Tata Steel steelworks in Jamshedpur, India, and captures 5 tonnes of CO² daily. The modular system, mounted on a frame, filters the CO² directly out of the blast furnace gas and makes it available for reuse on site in various applications. The depleted CO² gas is then conducted back to the gas network with a higher heating value.
With the facility for the capture of 5 tonnes of CO² per day and its partially commercial utilisation within the steel value chain, the Tata Steels works in Jamshedpur is the world’s first of its kind in the steel industry.
Source: Carbon Clean
