UK research programme overview - Jon Gibbins at the Canada-UK Workshop, London, 16/03/2015

1. The UKCCSRC is supported by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council as part of the Research Councils UK
Energy Programme
Enabling Successful Deployment of CCS Technology:
A Canada-UK Workshop
Monday, 16th March 2015, Canada House,
Trafalgar Square, London, SW1Y 5BJ
UK research programme overview
Jon Gibbins
Director, UK CCS Research Centre
Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture
University of Edinburgh
www.ukccsrc.ac.uk
jon.gibbins@ed.ac.uk
Department of Energy
& Climate Change
The UKCCSRC PACT facilities are also supported
by additional funding from the Department of
Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

2. About the UKCCSRC
The UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) leads
and coordinates a programme of underpinning research on all
aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in support of basic
science and UK government efforts on energy and climate change.
The Centre brings together around 250 of the UK’s world-class CCS
Academics and 220 Early Career Researchers to provide a national
focal point for CCS research and development and capacity building.
There is also an Associate Membership programme and a Network.
Initial core funding for the UKCCSRC is provided by £10M from the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of
the RCUK Energy Programme. This is complemented by £3M in
additional funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) to help establish new open-access national pilot-scale facilities
(www.pact.ac.uk). Partner institutions have contributed £2.5M.
www.ukccsrc.ac.uk

3. FIRST
TRANCHE
Demonstration
SECOND
TRANCHE
Commercial &
Regulatory Drivers
Overall effort also important
to maintain continuity
GLOBAL
CCS
ROLLOUT
Big prize is getting
two learning cycles
from two tranches of
CCS projects before
global rollout
DEVELOPED
MARKET
CCS
ROLLOUT
BUILD ALL PLANTS CAPTURE READY
RETROFIT CAPTURE
CCS - Sequencing Deployment
Gibbins, J. and Chalmers, H. Preparing for global rollout: A ‘developed country first’ demonstration programme for rapid CCS deployment. Energy Policy, 2008, 36(2), 501-507.
Time

4. Deployment requirements from the IEA CCS Roadmap (2013)
CCS in the power and industrial sectors in the 2DS

5. 1km+
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ccs-policy-scoping-document
Research,
development and
innovation
Chapter 14
UK’s first potential commercial scale CCS projects
Peterhead and White Rose
Potential further CCS deployment building on
infrastructure and experience of Phase 1 projects
Decreasing amounts of potential government support.
Department of Energy
& Climate Change

6. Phase 1
UK’s first potential commercial scale CCS projects
Peterhead and White Rose
Phase 2, 3
Potential further CCS deployment building on infrastructure and
experience of Phase 1 projects
Decreasing amounts of potential government support
? ? ? ? ?
http://www.whiteroseccs.co.uk
http://www.slideshare.net/UKCCSRC/t-snow-gasccsmeeting25jun2014

7. Phase 1
UK’s first potential commercial scale CCS projects
Peterhead and White Rose
Phase 2, 3
Potential further CCS deployment building on infrastructure and
experience of Phase 1 projects
Decreasing amounts of potential government support
? ? ? ? ?
http://www.whiteroseccs.co.uk
http://www.slideshare.net/UKCCSRC/t-snow-gasccsmeeting25jun2014
Report Launch 17 March 2015
“How to build a 10GW CCS
Sector in the UK by 2030?”
Report will be available
online from Tuesday at
www.eti.co.uk

8. Phase 1
UK’s first potential commercial scale CCS projects
Peterhead and White Rose
Canada’s first commercial scale CCS projects
Boundary Dam, Aquistore, Quest
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/01/canada-switches-on-worlds-first-carbon-capture-power-plant
http://osqar.suncor.com/2012/01/will-ccs-help-reduce-oil-sands-ghg-emissions.html
http://aquistore.ca/site/observation-well
http://www.whiteroseccs.co.uk
http://www.slideshare.net/UKCCSRC/t-snow-gasccsmeeting25jun2014

9. The Energy Innovation Chain and the UKCCSRC Research
and Pathways to Impact Delivery (RAPID) approach
Energy Research Partnership, reported in 2006 in http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/pubs/second-uk-energy-research-summit/
(and subsequently reproduced in various forms including , www.ukerc.ac.uk/support/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=3619 )
A. UPDATING CCS KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
B. CCS
KNOWLEDGE
GENERATION
AND
MANAGEMENT
C. CCS KNOWLEDGE DELIVERY ACTIVITIES
D. CCS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY DELIVERY

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27 projects (2 stars each) totalling £4.9M (from about five times that number of applications) with £2.5M cofunding.

11. UKCCSRC Pilot Advanced Capture Test (PACT)
Facilities www.pact.ac.uk
Additional facilities at Cranfield, Edinburgh, Nottingham

12. 1. New absorber with CO2 profiling
2. New structured packing (MELLAPAK
CC3)
3. New online monitoring lab
1. New 5-point FTIR gas analysis
system
2. New automated liquid analysis
3. New analytical equipment: auto-
titrator and ion chromatograph
4. New temperature monitoring
5. New water wash column
6. New DCC and water balance system
7. New layout for product gas
8. New solvent top up
9. New control system
Priority upgrades

13. Structured packing and
absorber column
• 28 PACKED
SECTIONS (6.5m)
• 2 PROBES PER
SECTION GAS/LIQUID
ANALYSIS + T + P (56
SAMPLING POINTS)
• 3 CAMERA PORTS

14. FLEXIBLE OPERATION FOR
WATER WASH/DCC

15. Learning between CCS phases
2nd and 3rd generation technology projects
•MUST be based on previous projects, just using novel technologies
is clearly not a 2nd or 3rd generation
•Some learning from studies already, e.g. Boundary Dam to Peterhead
•But most proposed projects are still 1st generation
•Need learning by doing from successful projects on:
• technology (design, procure, construct, commission)
• markets (business models, contracts, financing)
• regulation, permitting etc. etc.
•Plus reference plants to reduce risk and financing costs
•Fully-developed market for supply chains has repeat units
•Also need PEOPLE with experience from repeat projects

16. Conclusions
Stages in all power plant clean-up technologies:
1. ‘It’s science fiction!’
2. ‘It’s impossibly expensive and complex!’
3. ‘It’s a major investment but necessary.’
4. ‘It’s obviously just a routine part of any power plant.’
CCS is now in early stage 3 and we are working hard to get it to stage 4 as
quickly as possible (and to extend CCS to industry).
CCS gives a critical option for achieving zero emissions
• Need to learn as much as possible from existing Phase 1 projects
• And identify what will be required for Phase 2 and Phase 3 projects
• Can expect 2nd generation projects to appear soon that are based on 1st
generation projects and that benefit from learning-by-doing …..
• …. and novel technologies that will compete with 2nd generation
• Big challenge to focus effort where it is has potential to do the most good
• Big opportunities for collaboration!

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