A branch of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, the company aims for further pilot-testing of the RSAT technology
By Sarah Wolfe
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Researchers with Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. have achieved success in the trial stages of a leading-edge CO2 capture technology. B&W PGG, a branch of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, tested the new method on a pilot-scale, coal-fired boiler using advanced solvents and a proprietary CO2-capture process developed at the company’s research center in Barberton, OH, according to the company.
The company’s researchers were able to remove more than 90 percent of carbon emissions continuously from flue gas generated by the Regenerable Solvent Absorption Technology Pilot Plant (RSATTM)’s coal-fired boiler, using a fully integrated RSAT process.
The RSAT technology uses a liquid solvent in an absorber vessel to remove CO2 from a plant’s flue gas stream, according to the company, and the carbon emissions can then be removed from the solvent and prepared for long-term storage or other uses, including enhanced oil recovery, while the solvent is recycled and reused.
“This is a major milestone in B&W PGG’s research and development of carbon-capture technologies for fossil-fuel fired power plants,” says B&W PGG President and Chief Operating Officer Richard L. Killion. “These tests reinforce our belief that the RSAT process offers substantial promise as an economical and efficient post-combustion CO2-capture technology and that B&W PGG is a leader in this important field.”
Pilot-scale testing of solvents will continue throughout 2010.
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(Edited by Gabe Perna)