CCUS Chains and Clusters
The work on CCUS chains and clusters is led by ETH, who have extensive experience in CCUS chain analysis and excellence in Life Cycle Assessment for chain evaluation from an environmental perspective.
Framework for CCUS chains
SP3 will lay the foundation for the analytical work in ACCSESS by defining a consistent, transparent framework for how to analyse CO2 capture integration and CCUS chains (WP9).
The framework, applied in WP5-8 and WP10, will align with the tracking of cost, efficiency, CDR, HSE and legal/regulatory issues that will be implemented throughout ACCSESS.
SP3 Work Packages
The work on CCUS chains and clusters is led by ETH, who have extensive experience in CCUS chain analysis and excellence in Life Cycle Assessment for chain evaluation from an environmental perspective.
Work Package 9: Pioneering CCUS chains
- Development, design, and techno-economic evaluation of four Pioneering CCUS chains, that are based on technology solutions for CO2 capture and transport available in the near term.
- Assessment of regulatory frameworks and gaps, and environmental performance of the Pioneering CCUS chains.
- Delivery of blueprint designs for the CCUS pioneering chains linking inland Europe and Baltic coastal areas with the North Sea CO2 transport and storage infrastructures.
Work Package 10: Innovative CCUS chains and clusters
- Development, design and techno-economic evaluation and optimization of CCUS chains incorporating innovative capture and transport technologies such as optimized capture integration, integration with the SPM+PSP technology and low-pressure ship transport.
- Development of optimized CO2 transport networks for minimal-cost and minimal-environmental impact CCUS chains, to serve sectorial and intersectoral clusters of CO2 sources.
- Development of an open-source CO2 network optimization model that considers how CCUS networks can evolve over space and time.
- Assessment of prospective WtE, cement, pulp and paper and biorefinery CCUS chains in Europe ready for fostering realization of industrial projects in these sectors from 2030 and onwards.
Work Package 11: Enabling technologies for CCUS
- Identification of feasible, safe, and cost-efficient CO2 transport solutions, both for inland transport chains (e.g. rail, truck, river barge, etc.) and for large-scale ship transport with the potential to reduce costs by 50% compared to current technologies.
- Provision of updated water specifications (impurities) for low-pressure (7 bar) regimes.
- Understanding the kinetics of dry-ice formation and melting when handling CO2 along the transport chain.
- Definition of safe loading and offloading procedures along a CO2 transport chain.
