TCM is a joint venture between Gassnova, Statoil, Shell and Sasol while Alstom was chosen in November 2011 as one of the suppliers of the CO2 capture technology to participate in the program.
Alstom will now have to prove that its Chilled Ammonia technology is fit for a full-scale plant and the technology will be tested at the Technology Centre Mongstad on flue gas both from a gas-fired power station as well as on industrial off gas from the adjacent refinery.
The three-phased technology qualification program entails feasibility study, demonstrating the up-scalability of the technology to achieve the required performance and concept study for the full-scale plant.
Alstom Environmental Control Systems and Carbon Capture & Storage vice president Patrick Fragman said testing at the demonstration plant for the Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP), which was inaugurated on 7 May at Mongstad (TCM), will be very important in demonstrating again the performance of the CAP process on the same type of flue gas as the full-scale plant.
"Successful results will allow us to bid for the Front End Engineering and Design leading up to our target – the EPC contract which is planned to be awarded in 2016," he added.
TCM managing director Tore Amundsen said, "We are looking forward to start up the unique Chilled Ammonia Plant, which we trust will have the potential for many power stations and industrial applications worldwide."
Alstom noted its successful pilot over a 5MW plant and 54MW demonstration plant over the last few years has confirmed that the Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP) is efficient and provides environmental benefits like by-products that can be used as a fertilizer.
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