The testing aims to further scale-up and validate readiness of ION's second generation liquid absorption system prior to commercial scale deployment including at natural gas and coal-fired power plants.
Located at Statoil's Mongstad refinery in western Norway, TCM is claimed to be the world's largest and most advanced carbon capture test facility.
In partnership with TCM and NETL, ION will test the liquid absorbent system at TCM's existing 12MWe test facility, which makes use of industrial fuel gases to simulate coal-fired conditions.
ION Engineering’s CO2 capture technology aims to make the gas capture more viable option to mitigate greenhouse gas while reducing overall costs.
The testing represents a significant step in the development of ION's liquid absorbent system.
ION said it will continue multi-year cooperative funding agreement with the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
The company, which is expected to receive $16m in funding from NETL, has successfully completed pilot scale testing of the technology at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in 2015.
Upon successful testing of the technology Technology Centre Mongstad, ION plans to undertake commercial demonstration starting in 2017.
ION CEO Alfred Brown said: "The opportunity to test at TCM represents the final step in our ability to deploy our technology at commercial scale."
TCM is a joint venture formed between the Norwegian state with 75.12% stake, Statoil 20%, Shell 2.44% and Sasol 2.44%.
Image: ION’s new technology intends to make CO2 capture more viable option for greenhouse gas mitigation. Photo: courtesy of Yongkiet/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
