CO2-capture and hydrogen
production with Pd-membranes
Frode Roness, Torkild R. Reinertsen, Reinertsen AS
Thijs Peters, Rune Bredesen, SINTEF
REINERTSEN AS
Corporate Structure
ERR as / TRR as (50/50%)
ENGINEERING
Trondheim, Oslo, Bergen,
Hammerfest
REINERTSEN AB
Stockholm, Gothenburgh,
Stenungsund and Malmö
FABRICATION
Orkanger
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION
Trondheim, Oslo & Bodø
INSTALLATION
Trondheim
LARGE PROJECTS
EPCI + MMo
ooo REINERTSEN NWR
Murmansk, Russia
ooo REINERTSEN NWR
Murmansk, Russia
Employees
Turnover 2013
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2.700
475 mill €
Hammerfest
Orkanger
Trondheim
Bergen
Gothenburg
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Murmansk
Multidiscipline Engineering
•Total engineering
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Management
Process
Instr/Electrical
Piping / Mechanical/HVAC
Structural
Safety
Project Control
Procurement
Pipelines
Civil
• Architectural
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1600
MARKET AREAS - Oil & gas
•Process facilities
•(EPCI - offshore and onshore)
•Maintenance and Modification of
process facilities
•Subsea pipelines, Risers and
Subsea infrastructure
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Topside Modifications - EPCI
Oseberg
Delta 2
Heidrun LPP
Svalin C
Heimdal Ext Life
Njord LPP &
Hyme
Tyrihans
Topside Mod
Åsgard B
TEG Module
Troll B Gas Inj
Topside Mod
Heimdal
New Power
Morvin
Topside Mod
Oseberg Delta
Skirne/Byggve
Compressor Module
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Hydrogen-selective membranes
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Background
• Natural gas will remain an important energy carrier
for many years to come
• How to make the energy production CO2-free
• Capturing the CO2 before energy production (precombustion) and/or hydrogen production:
• Higher concentrations
• Higher pressures
• Compared with post-combustion
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Process flow diagram
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The technology - background
• The project is based on SINTEF research work with
Pd-membranes during many years
• Patents granted
• Preproject partly financed by Gassnova showed:
• The technology can be competitive with other
capture technologies
• Scale up will be challenging, particularly handling
of the Pd film during membrane manufacturing
• Pilot testing should be done to demonstrate the
technology in larger scale
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The technology
• Very thin (1-5 µm) Pd-membranes can be produced
by sputtering:
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Membrane performance
• Pure H2 flux and H2/N2 permselectivity – 2.8 µm Pd77Ag23
• World-record H2 flux - lifetime assessed 2-7 years 2-7 years depending on
temperature
T = 400°C
Flux @ 26 bars: 2.5 NL·cm-2·min-1
1486 Nm3·m-2·h-1
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Scale up
• By applying the membrane to a porous support, and
combining the membrane elements, complete
modules for separation can be built
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Pilot plant project
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Pilot plant specifications
• Skid mounted for easy transportation
• Closed loop
• 3 m2 membrane area
• 25-100 Nm3/h H2 = 0.1-0.3 MWth
• CO2 being ''captured'' ~ 0.5 – 2 ton/day
• Possible to vary and to measure flow, composition,
impurities
• Designed to be incorporated in an existing process
plant at a later stage
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Schedule
• Currently in a preliminary design phase
• Detailed design completed end of October 2015
• Testing period Dec 2016-Sep 2017
• Test site will be Reinertsen's fabrication yard in
Orkanger
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Reinertsen Orkanger
Welders
Platers
Pipefitters
Mechanics
Land area
Fab. 17
Shops
Office area
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64
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196
60.000 m2
3.640 m2
1.350 m2
Summary
• During the 2.5 years to come REINERTSEN and SINTEF
will design and fabricate a pilot plant which will
demonstrate a new and efficient way to producing
energy with CO2-capture.
• More info?
• See SINTEF poster "Design of H2-selective Pd-alloy
membranes for application in pre-combustion CO2
capture cycles"
• See you at Climit Summit in 2017….
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• This project (project no. 241447) is supported by
Thank you for your attention
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