Accelerated deployment of integrated CCUS chains based on solvent capture technology (AURORA)

需要迅速扩大和部署更具成本效益和可持续的碳捕获解决方案，以减少二氧化碳密集型行业的排放。基于溶剂的碳捕获是一种重要的技术，可以很容易地采用许多排放源。这种技术可以实现高捕获率，并以相对较低的能源需求提供高纯度的CO2。在AURORA，开放且非专有的CESAR 1溶剂技术将得到优化并具备商业部署资格。该技术将在TRL 7 -8上展示，用于三个二氧化碳密集型行业：炼油，水泥和材料回收，对于这些行业来说，实现气候中和的其他选择很少。合作伙伴将证明对环境的影响可以忽略不计（排放是溶剂技术的潜在问题），捕获率为98%，与MEA溶剂的基准工艺相比，捕获成本至少降低47%。这将通过以下创新实现：1）溶剂成分、工艺设计、排放监测和控制以及溶剂管理的整体优化，2）用于商业工艺模拟器的验证模型3）增强废热与碳捕获的集成，以降低外部热量需求和运营成本4）改进和集成的先进控制系统，以降低OPEX并优化性能。这些创新将被整合到四个优化的捕获过程中，各个方面将在不同规模和复杂性的试点中得到展示。合作伙伴将确保成果可转移到其他二氧化碳密集型行业，这要归功于项目中涉及的二氧化碳来源和发达集群的巨大差异以及利益相关者的强烈参与。该项目还将为其最终用户进行完整的CCUS链评估。值得注意的是，最终用户位于欧洲的两个不同地区，为实施CCUS价值链提供了不同的条件。

Rapid up-scaling and deployment of more cost-efficient and sustainable carbon capture solutions is needed to reduce the emissions of CO2-intensive industries. Solvent-based carbon capture is an important technology that can be readily adopted to many emission sources. Such technology can achieve high capture rates and deliver CO2 at high purity with a relatively low energy demand. In AURORA the open and non-proprietary CESAR1 solvent technology will be optimised and qualified for commercial deployment. The technology will be demonstrated at TRL7-8 for three CO2 intensive industries: refining, cement, and materials recycling, for which there are few other options to achieve climate neutrality. The partners will demonstrate negligible environmental impact (emissions being a potential issue for solvent technology), capture rates at 98%, and capture costs reduced by at least 47% compared to a benchmark process with the MEA solvent. This will be achieved due to the following innovations: 1) Holistic optimisation of solvent composition, process design, emission monitoring and control, and solvent management, 2) Validated models for use in commercial process simulators 3) enhanced waste heat integration with carbon capture for reduced external heat demand and operational costs 4) Improved and integrated advanced control system for reduced OPEX and optimised performances. These innovations will be integrated in four optimised capture processes and various aspects will be demonstrated in pilots of various size and complexity. The partners will ensure transferability of results to other CO2 intensive industries thanks to the large variations in CO2 source and developed clusters addressed in the project and a strong stakeholder participation. The project will also do full CCUS chain assessments for its end-users. It is noteworthy that the end-users are situated in two different regions of Europe offering different conditions for the implementation of CCUS value chains.