Carbon capture and storage (CCS) involves separating CO2 from a gas mixture so that it can be transported for permanent storage or use in new products, instead of being released into the atmosphere.
SINTEF offers project-based research and development on most CO2 capture technologies, and also works to identify new, promising technological solutions.
We have a wide range of laboratories at our premises in Trondheim and Oslo. We perform simulations of CO2 capture with proprietary and commercial software tools.
We work with these areas:
- Solvent-based CO2 capture
- Membrane technology
- Adsorption technology
- CO2 liquefaction, which involves pilot-scale testing with different CO2 qualities
- Experimental verification of capture technologies from lab scale to industrial scale
- Steady-state and dynamic modelling and simulations of CO2 capture technologies, from molecular scale to industrial scale
- Thermodynamic properties of captured CO2
- Oxyfuel combustion
- Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC)
- Design and optimisation of capture processes
- Integration of CO2 capture in industrial processes
- Techno-economic assessments of capture technologies
- Hydrogen production with CO2 capture
- CO2 capture from air (Direct Air Capture - DAC)
- CO2 capture from biomass (BECCS)
Typical assignments for us:
- Benchmarking different capture technologies (energy efficiency, techno-economic, environmental)
- Integrating capture technologies into industrial and power plants in a cost-effective and energy-efficient manner
- Developing and demonstrating capture technologies in industrial environments
We do this for:
- Suppliers of CO2 capture technology
- Process industries (e.g. cement, refineries, waste incineration, pulp and paper, ferroalloys, steel, chemical industry)
- Oil and gas industries
- Power industries
- Refineries
- Shipbuilding industry
- Authorities and other organisations working in the development and assessment of capture technology and value chains
