Chemical company BASF and technology company The Linde Group said Tuesday they successfully completed a pilot technology project at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC), capturing 30 tons of CO2 at a purity rate of more than 99.9 percent. The companies have been testing at the NCCC, a Department of Energy research facility operated by Southern Co. in Wilsonville, Ala., since January 2015. “Based on the successful completion, BASF and Linde will begin larger-scale testing and explore commercial opportunities,” according to a joint press release.
During the pilot project, technology integrating BASF’s advanced aqueous amine-based solvent and a novel CO2-capture process developed by Linde captured more than 90 percent of the CO2 from flue gas at the facility.
“The amine-based OASE blue technology offers significant benefits for CO2 capture as it aims to reduce the regeneration energy requirements using novel solvents,” said Andreas Northemann, vice president of BASF’s OASE Gas Treating Excellence. “Long-term pilot testing demonstrated the solvents’ performance and stability.
