MISSION-CCS Network Wide Training: Workshops I and II at Technical University of Denmark: 30^th September - 2^nd October 2024

Reception Event

Presentations

 

DCR welcome, programme overview and what to expect - Wei Yan and Marc Cassiède, Technical University of Denmark

Wei presented the management structure of the network that was organized to provide an excellent training experience for the DCRs to become the next generation of researchers and innovation leaders in the field of CCS.

Marc presented the website and the LinkedIn page that were created to disseminate the activities of the network.

 

Our commitment to DCRs and DCRs career development profile - Richard Barker, University of Leeds

Rick talked about the commitment of the network to support the professional career development of the doctoral candidate researchers.

 

Overview of carbon capture and storage and current global status - Craig McKay, Wood

Craig presented the different CCS projects Wood is involved in at various stages of design and development across the entire CCS chain. 

 

Solvent degradation in capture and analytical techniques - Hanna Knuutila, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Hanna talked about the solvent degradation phenomenon in CO₂ capture based on chemical absorption, and the analytical methods for studying it.

 

Material degradation in capture systems - Philip Loldrup Fosbøl, Technical University of Denmark

Philip presented some possible ways to improve the solvent based CO₂ capture technology.

 

Material degradation in CO₂ transport/injection - Rolf Nyborg, Institute for Energy

Rolf tackled the key challenges with respect to corrosion issues due to the presence of impurities in CO₂ transport and injection, and the solutions to mitigate them.

 

Analytical methods for material degradation in capture and transport/injection - Josh Owen, University of Leeds

Josh presented the different techniques that can be used for corrosion monitoring and surface analysis, such as linear polarization resistance, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. 

 

Materials and interfaces challenges in CO₂ storage - Wei Yan and Basab Chattopadhyay, Technical University of Denmark and Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Wei gave an overview of the different physical mechanisms and geochemical reactions involved during the CO₂ storage process. Basab presented different experimental and modeling tools for studying the fluid flow dynamics in porous media under real reservoir conditions.

 

Equality, diversity, inclusion and student wellbeing in MISSION-CCS - Briony Thomas, University of Leeds

Briony emphasized the importance of EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) in engineering innovation research and how the doctoral network should be engaged in initiatives to promote the benefits of CCS within the community.

 

From oil and gas corrosion to CO₂ transport - Rolf Nyborg, Institute for Energy

Rolf expanded his first talk by giving an overview of the equipment available at IFE to test corrosion under flowing conditions representative for CO₂ transport pipelines.   

 

Materials, corrosion and asset integrity solutions - Tuny Kurtulan, OGC Energy

Tuny talked about the role of his company in materials selection and impurities monitoring to mitigate the risk of corrosion in CCS lines.

 

Importance of open science in context of carbon capture and storage (CCS) - Hans Sonke, Shell

In his presentation, Hans emphasized the importance of sharing the knowledge from each CCS project to anticipate the problems of phase behaviour, chemical reactions and corrosion due to CO₂ specification and impurity limits.

 

Karan Jain, Alleima

Karan presented the advanced alloys that have been developed by Alleima to withstand challenging environments found in CCS.

 

Shengqi Zhou, National Physical Laboratory

Shengqi talked about the challenges in measuring the corrosion rate of pipeline steels in dense (liquid or supercritical) phase CO₂ containing H₂O and O₂ impurities.

 

Vanja Buvik, SINTEF

Vanja introduced the consortium members to the research activities carried out at SINTEF on solvent-based CO₂ capture. First, she presented the CO₂ capture pilot plant and the CO₂ liquefaction unit. Then, she explained how the solvents were developed and characterized, how their stability was tested, and which tools were used to analyse the different solvent components, identify specific amine or degradation compounds and monitor the CO₂ concentration after the reactions occurred.

 

SLB overview and CCS-based materials challenges - Seth Hartshorne, SLB

Seth presented the different innovative solutions SLB is offering for long-term and safe storage of CO₂. For example, the use of geopolymers has been considered to replace cement-based sealant in injection wells.

 

Key challenges in CCS - Craig McKay, Wood

Craig explained how the level of impurities would impact the cost on the transport and storage network of the captured CO₂. He described the available options to model the impact of impurities on the thermophysical properties and phase behaviour of CO₂-rich mixtures.

 

Jens Sæten, Equinor

Jens did an overview of the research and development (R&D) activities undertaken by Equinor to optimize the CCS value chain in different projects across Europe and Norway.

 

Corrosion testing challenges in CCS applications - Danny Burkle, LBBC Baskerville

Danny talked about the improvements in corrosion laboratory testing procedures using autoclaves, which are crucial to simulate realistic field conditions (flow type, temperature, pressure, impurity levels,...), and better understand the corrosion mechanisms in real-world CCS pipelines.

 

Sunder Ramachandran, Baker Hugues

After introducing Baker Hugues, Sunder presented the existing and proposed technologies across the CCUS value chain for CO₂ emissions reductions, such as the development of non-metallic pipelines and inhibitors to prevent mild steel corrosion by carbon dioxide and oxygen mixtures.