• 1D modelling of membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming 

      Francisco Morgado, Joana; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Morud, John; Gurker, Thomas; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa; Amini, Shahriar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Membrane-assisted chemical looping reforming (MA-CLR) has been proposed as an alternative to the conventional CLR technology. In this work, a non-isothermal 1D model is used to simulate the MA-CLR fuel reactor. The effect ...
    • 4D Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Storage During Injection and Post-closure at the Ketzin Pilot Site 

      Lüth, Stefan; Bergmann, Peter; Huang, Fei; Ivandic, Monika; Ivanova, Alexandra; Juhlin, Christopher; Kempka, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      At the Ketzin pilot site for geological CO2 storage, about 67,000 tons of CO2 were injected during the period June 2008 – August 2013. Since August 2013, the site is in its post-closure phase. Before and during the injection ...
    • Avoiding Damage of CO2 Injection Wells Caused by Temperature Variations 

      Torsæter, Malin; Todorovic, Jelena; Lavrov, Alexandre; Gawel, Kamila; Lund, Halvor; Roy, Pratanu; Carroll, Susan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Well integrity is a prerequisite for safe geological storage of CO2. Both active and abandoned wells are man-made channels between the storage reservoir and the atmosphere that can become leakage paths over time. The CO2 ...
    • BIGCCS Innovations – Measures to Accelerate CCS Deployment 

      Mølnvik, Mona J.; Aarlien, Rune; Henriksen, Partow Pakdel; Munkejord, Svend Tollak; Tangen, Grethe; Jakobsen, Jana Poplsteinova (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      After six years in operation, BIGCCS International Research Centre is in its final phase, and results are being produced at high speed. The ultimate goal for the BIGCCS centre is to contribute to the acceleration of ...
    • Calorimetric Studies of Precipitating Solvent System 

      Hartono, Ardi; Kim, Inna; Knuutila, Hanna K; van der Ham, L.V; Goetheer, Earl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Calorimetric study of a precipitating solvent system of Potassium-Taurate (KTAU) was performed in the CPA202 calorimeter. Two different experiments were conducted, i.e. heat of absorption of CO2 in KTAU solvent at different ...
    • Cement Self-Healing as a Result of CO2 Leakage 

      Kjøller, Claus; Lykourgos, Sigalas; Frykman, Peter; Bjørge, Ruben; Torsæter, Malin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Avoiding CO2 leakages from storage reservoirs is crucial to ensure safe and cost-efficient Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This can only be done if effort is made to maintain well integrity throughout the entire life-cycle ...
    • Characterization of ash deposits from municipal solid Waste (MSW) incineration plants 

      Wang, Liang; Øye, Bjarte Arne; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Becidan, Michael; Vatland, Polina; Fossum, Morten; Stuen, Johnny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In this work, chemical compositions and micro morphologies and structures of ash deposits from two municipal solid waste-to-energy (WtE) plants in Norway were analyzed and characterized. The ash deposits were sampled from ...
    • Characterization of ash deposits from municipal solid Waste (MSW) incineration plants 

      Wang, Liang; Øye, Bjarte Arne; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Becidan, Michael; Vatland, Polina; Fossum, Morten; Stuen, Johnny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • CO2 absorption with membrane contactors vs. packed absorbers-Challenges and opportunities in post combustion capture and natural gas sweetening 

      Hoff, Karl Anders; Svendsen, Hallvard Fjøsne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      The present work presents a case study where membrane contactors are compared with absorption towers for post combustion CO2 capture and for natural gas sweetening. Simulations are performed using a absorber model which ...
    • CO2 pipeline integrity: A coupled fluid-structure model using a reference equation of state for CO2 

      Aursand, Eskil; Aursand, Peder; Berstad, Torodd; Dørum, Cato; Hammer, Morten; Munkejord, Svend Tollak; Nordhagen, Håkon Ottar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      We present a coupled fluid-structure model to study crack propagation and crack arrest in pipelines. Numerical calculations of crack arrest, crack velocity and pressure profiles have been performed for steel pipes with an ...
    • CO2 pipeline integrity: A new evaluation methodology 

      Berstad, Torodd; Dørum, Cato; Jakobsen, Jana Poplsteinova; Kragset, Steinar; Li, Hailong; Lund, Halvor; Morin, Alexandre; Munkejord, Svend Tollak; Mølnvik, Mona Jacobsen; Nordhagen, Håkon Ottar; Østby, Erling (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)
      A coupled fluid-structure model for pipeline integrity simulations has been developed. The pipe material and fracture propagation have been modelled using the finite-element method with a local fracture criterion. The ...
    • CO2 Pipeline Integrity: Comparison of a Coupled Fluid-structure Model and Uncoupled Two-curve Methods 

      Aursand, Eskil; Dørum, Cato; Hammer, Morten; Morin, Alexandre; Munkejord, Svend Tollak; Nordhagen, Håkon Ottar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      One challenge in CCS is related to the prevention of running-ductile fracture in CO2-carrying pipelines. Commonly used tools for ensuring crack arrest in pipelines hinge mainly on semi-empirical models, which may not be ...
    • CO2 removal at high temperature from multi-component gas stream using porous ceramic membranes infiltrated with molten carbonates 

      Fontaine, Marie-Laure; Peters, Thijs; McCann, M.; Kumakiri, Izumi; Bredesen, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      This work reports on the investigation of CO2 selective membranes for pre-combustion and post- combustion processes, in which CO2 is extracted from multi-component gas streams at intermediate temperature (400 – 600 °C). ...
    • Comparison of different solvents from the solvent degradation rig With real samples 

      Vevelstad, Solrun Johanne; Grimstvedt, Andreas Magnar; Haugen, Geir; Kupfer, Rene; Brown, Nathan; Einbu, Aslak; Vernstad, Kai; Zahlsen, Kolbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • COMPOSITE: A concept for high efficiency power production with integrated CO2 capture from solid fuels 

      Larring, Yngve; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Giuffrida, Antonio; Romano, Matteo C.; Chiesa, Paolo; Morud, John; Pishahang, Mehdi; Chikukwa, Actor; Amini, Shahriar; Tobiesen, Finn Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      The COMPOSITE concept combines packed bed chemical looping combustion (PBCLC) with chemical looping for oxygen production (CLOP) in an integrated gasification combined cycle for high efficiency power production. Detailed ...
    • Corrosion Evaluation of MEA Solutions by SEM-EDS, ICP-MS and XRD 

      Fytianos, Georgios; Ucar, Seniz; Grimstvedt, Andreas Magnar; Svendsen, Hallvard Fjøsne; Knuutila, Hanna K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The target of this work is to evaluate three analytical techniques, ICP-MS, SEM-EDS and XRD, which can be applied in corrosion monitoring of ethanolamine based post-combustion CO2 capture plants. The work is based on ...
    • Degradation and emission results of amine plant operations from MEA testing at the CO2 technology centre Mongstad 

      Morken, Anne Kolstad; Pedersen, Steinar; Kleppe, Eirik Romslo; Wisthaler, Armin; Vernstad, Kai; Ullestad, Øyvind; Flø, Nina Enaasen; Faramarzi, Leila; Hamborg, Espen Steinseth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In 2015, the CO2 Technology Centre 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 ...
    • Development of moving bed temperature swing adsorption (MBTSA) process for post-combustion CO2 capture: Initial benchmarking in a NGCC context 

      Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie; Mondino, Giorgia; Blom, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      A moving-bed temperature-swing adsorption (MBTSA) process has been evaluated for post-combustion CO2 capture in a natural-gas combined cycle (NGCC) context using Zeolite 13X as adsorbent. The performance of the different ...
    • Dynamic and Control of an Absorber - Desorber Plant at Heilbronn 

      Mejdell, Thor; Haugen, Geir; Rieder, Alexander; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      The present work is based on an MEA absorption test campaign performed November 2013–January 2014 at EnBW's amine test pilot located in Heilbronn, Germany. The test campaign included transient step responses in steam, ...
    • Dynamic modeling of the solvent regeneration part of a CO2 capture plant 

      Enaasen, Nina; Tobiesen, Finn Andrew; Kvamsdal, Hanne Marie; Hillestad, Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      In this work, a system of unit operations is modeled and implemented in MATLAB for dynamic simulation of the regeneration part of the CO2 capture process. The system consists of a stripper, a reboiler and a condenser, and ...