Scaling-up Of A Highly Modular Rotating Packed Bed Plant With An Efficient Solvent ForCapture Cost Reduction: An Overview of the HiRECORD Project

Rotating Packed Beds (RPBs) are emerging as a promising alternative for CO2 capture, due to the intense centrifugal force that is generated as they spin, which significantly enhances the mass transfer and greatly facilitates CO2 absorption. RPBs are expected to enable over 10-15 times lower volume compared to conventional packed beds of the same capture efficiency, allowing a reduction in capture costs. To date very few 1.0 tCO2/d demonstrations of RPB units and plants have been reported. Project HiRECORD is developing a 10.0 t CO2/d capture pilot plant that is based on advanced RPB technologies for absorption and desorption. This will be demonstrated in three industrial sites that emit flue gases of different specifications. This work highlights the features of the pilot plant and of the industrial sites. It also provides an overview of various complementary research activities pertaining to solvent testing, development of thermodynamic and process models and sustainability assessment