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Heat stable salts can accumulate in the amine solvent. This can result in foaming, fouling, and emulsions that can all impede reliability, which in turn impacts throughput and treatment capacity. Make-up rates for the amine should be optimized to avoid these problems.
Also, the reliability of valves of all types have significant impact on the reliability, efficiency and safety of the amine treating unit.
Plantweb Insight
Data analytics software that provides better visibility into the health of your facility’s key assets.
Fisher Compressor Antisurge Valve
Protect against compressor surge and improve stability with Fisher optimized anti-surge valve assemblies.
DeltaV PK Controller
The most powerful and versatile DeltaV™ controller ever developed.
Anderson Greenwood Series 200/400/500/700/800 Pilot Operated Relief Valves
Vanessa 30000
Featuring a robust integral-to-body valve seat and optimized seating angles to handle isolation and process control through multiple functionalities.
Efficiency of the liquefaction process depends on reliable measurement and control devices. Increasing the visibility of the process at each stage is crucial but could be high cost due to the infrastructure required to wire several devices.
DeltaV Agile Ops
AgileOps provides consistency and reliability to the control system by keeping it optimally configured for the process state.
Ovation
A reliable and innovative control platform embodying Emerson's five decades of power and water expertise.
PacSystems
Drive smarter business outcomes with advanced automation and control.
Rosemount Wireless Permasense
Permasense non-intrusive systems use sensor technology and wireless data delivery to continuously monitor for metal loss.
Vanessa 30000
Featuring a robust integral-to-body valve seat and optimized seating angles to handle isolation and process control through multiple functionalities.
V260 Fisher Valve
The Fisher V260 is a full bore control valve designed for optimized pressure, flow, and process control.
Anderson Greenwood Series 200/400/500/700/800 Pilot Operated Relief Valves
Water content in CO2 can lead to leaks and needs to be controlled while monitoring wall thickness across pipes to maintain a leak-free process.
PacSystems
Drive smarter business outcomes with advanced automation and control.
MicroMotion Coriolis Meter
Our Coriolis meters deliver unmatched reliability for your mass flow, volume flow & density measurement needs.
Rosemount Wireless Permasense
Permasense non-intrusive systems use sensor technology and wireless data delivery to continuously monitor for metal loss.
Ensure safe, reliable and efficient CO2 pipeline transport.
Emerson’s automation technology has the flexibility to quickly and efficiently adapt as carbon-capture technology evolves, ensuring our experts can help customers navigate regulatory uncertainty as they plan and execute CCUS projects.
Emerson’s gas compression technology and advanced compression and pumping solutions address the most demanding industrial decarbonization projects.
Emerson has the engineering expertise, technologies and software to help drive down costs, reduce complexity and accommodate changes on carbon capture projects.
Frequently Asked Questions about Carbon Capture Transportation
Once the carbon capture process removes CO2 gas from the source, it is usually liquified under compression at low temperature and pumped through networks of pipelines and valves so that it can be stored underground or used in other chemical processes downstream. To keep the CO2 stable in its liquid phase for long distance transport, it must be kept under constant pressure, which requires compressors at stages along the pipelines.
Because carbon dioxide is corrosive to steel, the integrity of pipelines must be constantly monitored and maintained to avoid releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, defeating the entire purpose of carbon capture. At the same time, because liquid CO2 is transported under such high pressure, all valves and other final control systems must operate reliably at all points along the pipeline infrastructure without leaking, or again, the value of carbon capture is easily lost. Compressors, like all rotating equipment, are prone to failure if not properly monitored and maintained, which can disrupt flow through the network and lead to containment losses.
Also, with liquefaction, water content in CO2 can lead to leaks and must be carefully controlled.
Being able to detect and localize pipeline leaks in real time enables operators to address the issue quicker, limiting emissions. Automation solutions allow pipeline operators to understand the impact of corrosion and maintain a leak-free process by continuously monitoring wall thickness across pipes using wireless ultrasonic sensors. Real-time monitoring and alarm solutions quickly identify leaks and ruptures, and advanced data management tools and dashboards aggregate disparate pipeline and asset integrity-related information, which helps identify issues and improves risk modeling.
Reliable high-pressure valves with superior sealing and packing of potential leak points are used to minimize fugitive emissions, while optimized digital valve solutions ensure stable flow to liquefaction compressors, preventing damage from equipment failure and extending asset life. Continuous health monitoring with pervasive sensors and data analytics provides greater visibility into compressor performance, mitigating risk of downtime, reducing maintenance costs and preventing safety and environmental incidents.
Carbon capture and transport technology is in its relative infancy. With unknown or new processes comes unknown risk, especially from corrosion. According to William Fazackerley, monitoring corrosion and erosion using wireless sensors is cost-effective and reduces potential leaks into the environment by giving real-time updates on pipe wall thickness and corrosion rate.