ION Engineering Successfully Completes Pilot Scale Testing of Carbon Capture Technology at the National Carbon Capture Center
ION’s Proprietary Solvent & Process Technology Captured over 99% of CO2
ION Engineering, a leading carbon capture technology company, today
announced that it has successfully completed the first pilot scale
testing of its proprietary solvent and process technology for the
removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources
including natural gas and coal-fired power plants. The project, managed
and partially funded by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy’s National
Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) entailed approximately 1,200 hours
of continuous testing at the 0.6 MWe (Megawatt equivalent) Pilot Solvent
Test Unit (PSTU). The PSTU is located at the National Carbon Capture
Center (NCCC), a state-of the-art test center owned by Southern Company
and funded by DOE, in Wilsonville, Alabama. Throughout testing, ION
captured over 99% of the incoming CO2 from the coal-fired
facility’s flue gas, while maintaining stable process operation and
meeting project objectives.
“We are delighted with the overwhelming success of our first pilot
testing at an operating coal-fired power plant,” said Alfred (Buz)
Brown, PhD, ION’s founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. “ION
was founded to dramatically improve the technology available for removal
of carbon dioxide emitted into the environment and we are making
tremendous progress in that endeavor. We are working to define the
future of carbon capture as a cost-effective solution to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.”
Under this project, ION has developed process modeling capabilities to
further predict how ION’s technology will perform under different
process and operating conditions. One of the most important outcomes of
the testing at NCCC was validation of the process model. Model
validation provides ION the ability to accurately predict how their
technology will perform at other facilities in the future. Pilot testing
was completed in August 2015 and a full analysis and report will be
completed in early 2016.
The Company plans to initiate the next phase of project testing in
mid-2016. ION will test its solvent and technology process at the next
scale, moving from a 0.6 MWe facility to the >10 MWe scale at an
existing international test facility. Testing is expected to run through
the end of 2016.
About ION Engineering
ION Engineering is commercializing novel, proprietary solvent and
process technology for removal of CO2 from large point
sources, including natural gas and coal-fired power plants, more
efficiently than current commercial solutions. ION’s CO2
capture technology outperforms other available technologies while
significantly reducing both capital and operating costs. ION is
currently working with local and global partners to test its carbon
capture technology with flue gas in commercial settings. Following the
large scale pilot testing anticipated in 2016, the Company is targeting
a larger commercial demonstration project beginning in late 2017. Find
more information at www.ion-engineering.com.
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