• A numerical solution strategy for dynamic simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture 

      Enaasen, Nina; Tobiesen, Finn Andrew; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie; Hillestad, Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      This paper describes in detail the numerical solution of a dynamic process developed for post-combustion absorption based CO2 capture. The method used in this work is sequential modular integration. This means that each ...
    • Palladium (Pd) membranes as key enabling technology for precombustion CO2 capture and hydrogen production 

      Peters, Thijs; Rørvik, Per Martin; Sunde, Tor Olav Løveng; Stange, Marit Synnøve Sæverud; Roness, Frode; Reinertsen, Torkild; Ræder, Henrik; Larring, Yngve; Bredesen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Palladium (Pd) membranes are a promising enabling technology for power generation and hydrogen production with CO2 capture. SINTEF has developed and patented a flexible technology to produce Pd-alloy membranes that ...
    • Performance Evaluation of a Modern Wood Stove Using Charcoal 

      Sevault, Alexis; Khalil, Roger Antoine; Enger, Bjørn Christian; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Goile, Franziska; Wang, Liang; Seljeskog, Morten; Kempegowda, Rajesh Shivanahalli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Process simulation of Ca-looping processes: review and guidelines 

      Romano, Matteo C.; Martinez, Isabel; Murillo, Ramón; Arstad, Bjørnar; Blom, Richard; Ozcan, Dursun Can; Ahn, Hyungwoong; Brandani, Stefano (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Ca-looping is one of the most promising processes for CO2 capture in short to medium term plants, which can be applied for both post-combustion and pre-combustion layouts. The recent successful operations of MW-scale pilot ...
    • Reference case and test case for benchmarking of HiPerCap technologies 

      Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie; Haugen, Geir; Brown, Jock; Wolbers, Patrick F.; Drew, Richsrd J.; Khakharia, Purvil; Monteiro, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn; Goetheer, Earl L.V.; Middelkamp, Jan; Kanniche, Mohamed S.; Sirvent, Antoni Julià (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      HiPerCap aims to develop high-potential novel and environmentally benign technologies and processes for post-combustion CO2 capture leading to real breakthroughs. The project includes all the main separation categories for ...
    • Results from MEA degradation and reclaiming processes at the CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad 

      Flø, Nina Enaasen; Faramarzi, Leila; de Cazenove, Thomas; Hvidsten, Odd Arne; Morken, Anne Kolstad; Hamborg, Espen Steinseth; Vernstad, Kai; Watson, Guillaume; Pedersen, Steinar; Cents, Toine; Fostås, Berit F.; Shah, Muhammad Ismail; Lombardo, Gerard; Gjernes, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In 2015, the CO2 Technology Center Mongstad (TCM DA), operated a test campaign using aqueous monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent at 30 wt%. The main objective was to demonstrate and document the performance of the TCM DA Amine ...
    • Selection and characterization of phase-change solvent for carbon dioxide capture: precipitating system 

      Ma'mun, Sholeh; Kim, Inna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Characterization of a precipitating solvent for CO2 capture was performed. Aqueous solution of 5m’ potassium salt of sarcosine (KSar) that was precipitated at CO2 loading of 0.52 was selected. The equilibrium solubility ...
    • Simplified model description of a CLOP reactor for system simulation and analysis 

      Morud, John; Tobiesen, Finn Andrew; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Larring, Yngve; Chikukwa, Actor; Pishahang, Mehdi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In order to perform overall system simulations and optimization at the flowsheet level, simplified models of process units are required. We present a simplified model of the CLOP reactor (chemical looping for oxygen ...
    • Simulation and energy evaluation of two novel solvents developed in the EU project HiPerCap 

      Tobiesen, Finn Andrew; Haugen, Geir; Kim, Inna; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Simulation results on minimum specific reboiler duty (SRD) are presented for two absorption solvent systems selected in the HiPerCap project, here referred to as HC#1 and HC#2. An established base case has been used that ...
    • A standardized Approach to Multi-criteria Assessment of CCS Chains 

      Jakobsen, Jana Poplsteinova; Roussanaly, Simon; Mølnvik, Mona J.; Tangen, Grethe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      For a commercial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) chain to be successful, it must satisfy a whole range of requirements: technical, economic, environmental, safety, and societal. A comprehensive, understandable and ...
    • Studies of Ca-based high temperature sorbents for CO2 capture 

      Arstad, Bjørnar; Spjelkavik, Aud I.; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Lind, Anna Maria; Prostak, Joanna; Blom, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      The natural mineral dolomite has been calcined and impregnated with Ti-, Zr-, Al-nanoparticle suspensions with the aim of improving the cyclic stabilities in high temperature CO2 sorption processes. After impregnation and ...
    • The EU-FP7 Project SUCCESS – Scale-up of Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion using Environmentally Sustainable Materials 

      Penthor, Stefan; Mattisson, Tobias; Adánez, Juan; Bertolin, Stéphane; Masi, Enrica; Larring, Yngve; Langørgen, Øyvind; Ströhle, Jochen; Snijkers, Frans; Geerts, Lieve; Albertsen, Knuth; Williams, Gareth; Bertsch, Otmar; Authier, Olivier; Dávila, Ytalo; Yazdanpanah, Mahdi; Pröll, Tobias; Lyngfelt, Anders; Hofbauer, Hermann (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The paper gives a high level overview of the work performed in the EU-FP7 funded project SUCCESS (Scale-up of oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion using environmentally sustainable materials). The project is the ...
    • Thermogravimetric Analysis – A Viable Method for Screening Novel Materials for the Sorbent Enhanced Water-gas Shift Process 

      Lundvall, Fredrik; Kalantzopoulos, Georgios N.; Wragg, David; Arstad, Bjørnar; Blom, Richard; Sjåstad, Anja Olafsen; Fjellvåg, Helmer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Pre-combustion CO2 capture technologies are becoming viable alternatives to more conventional post-combustion capture by gas emissions scrubbing. The sorbent enhanced water-gas shift (SEWGS) process is a promising future ...
    • Understanding precipitation in amino acid salt systems at process conditions 

      Aronu, Ugochukwu Edwin; Ciftja, Arlinda Fejzo; Kim, Inna; Hartono, Ardi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      Rapid screening experiment has been used to acquire first-hand information on the precipitation characteristics of 14 aqueous amino acid salt systems. Absorption tests at 40°C have shown that at high concentrations, amino ...
    • Use of metal-organics based solvents for CO2 capture 

      Heyn, Richard H; Aronu, Ugochukwu Edwin; Vevelstad, Solrun Johanne; Hoff, Karl Anders; Didriksen, Terje; Arstad, Bjørnar; Blom, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      There are a number of metal-organic compounds that can loosely be considered CA mimics and which are known to absorb CO2 directly from the atmosphere. The metal-organic complex, {Zn[N[CH2(2-py)]3](μ-OH)}2(NO3)2 (I), is one ...
    • Utilization of dual - PSA technology for natural gas upgrading and integrated CO2 capture 

      Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      In this study, we have considered Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology natural gas purification and integrated CO2 capture. We present the utilization of Dual-PSA technology for obtaining pipeline-quality methane and ...