Captura, uso y almacenamiento de carbono
La captura, el uso y el almacenamiento de carbono (CCU/S) constituirán una estrategia importante para avanzar en la senda del desarrollo sostenible. Aunque algunas plantas pequeñas de CCU llevan décadas en funcionamiento, las centrales más grandes son cada vez más comunes. Una vez capturado, el CO2 suele almacenarse en formaciones geológicas, evitando que se emitan a la atmósfera. No obstante, muchos sectores también cuentan con soluciones para reutilizar el carbono capturado y mejorar así la productividad y, por tanto, la rentabilidad. Un ejemplo es la recuperación de petróleo mejorada (EOR), en la que el CO2 capturado se inyecta en pozos de petróleo para aumentar la presión y, por tanto, su rendimiento.
Sin importar qué estrategia adopte, las tecnologías eficientes de intercambio de calor son esenciales para la viabilidad comercial de la CCU/S. Alfa Laval ha participado de manera integral en el desarrollo de múltiples instalaciones de CCU/S antes y después de la combustión en varias industrias. Gracias a nuestra amplia gama de intercambiadores de calor, ayudamos a nuestros clientes a satisfacer las demandas y el elevado consumo energético de este proceso, maximizando la captura de CO2 y reduciendo al mínimo el consumo de vapor, agua y electricidad.
Proceso CAC optimizado, costes y consumo de energía reducidos
Los procesos de captura de carbono consumen mucha energía, que representa hasta el 60% de los costes operativos totales de una instalación de CAC. Pero, con la tecnología de intercambiadores de calor adecuada, el apoyo a la optimización de procesos y la integración térmica tanto aguas arriba como aguas abajo, se puede maximizar la recuperación de energía y reducir el consumo energético al mismo tiempo.
Al asociarse con Alfa Laval, obtendrá pleno acceso a la tecnología y la experiencia necesarias para encontrar las soluciones de intercambiadores de calor más eficientes.
The CCUS value chain
The CCUS value chain
Alfa Laval plays a crucial role in the CCS value chain thanks to decades of experience working with even the most crucial applications. Especially when it comes to the capturing process. In fact, we have installations in the oldest CCS facilities in the world that are still operating smoothly today.
So, whether you need to capture CO2 from industrial facilities, power plants, or directly from the air via Direct Air Capture (DAC), Alfa Laval has a broad range of products for your process.
Gasketed plate heat exchangers - Boosting energy efficiency in CSS applications
The unique design of Alfa Laval’s compact gasketed plate heat exchangers make it possible for you to significantly improve solvent cooling in your CCS processes. All with less fouling, stress, and erosion on the internal plates.
But that is not all. With Alfa Laval as your CCS partner, you can reduce cooling water requirements by as much as 30%!
Watch the video to find out how you can boost energy efficiency in you CCS applications.
Welded heat exchanger technology slashing energy costs by up to 40%
If you use an Alfa Laval Compabloc plate heat exchanger as your stripper reboiler, you can utilize the steam generated from flue gas cooling.
In other words, with Alfa Laval you can reduce fresh steam requirements, fuel consumption, and emissions from your steam boiler. Bringing your total energy costs down by as much as 40%.
CCS - Liquid absorption
With Alfa Laval heat transfer solutions positioned in the lean/rich interchangers, you can maximize energy recovery in the largest heat recovery duty in your process.
This includes minimizing energy and cooling water needs, while also maximizing CO2 capture efficiency and compressor savings.
Most critical positions:
- Excess heat recovery boiler
- Optimized solvent cooling
- Maximized heat recovery in lean/rich amine interchanger
- Plate heat exchanger for stripper reboiler
CCS - Direct Air Capture (DAC)
Thermal management is also critical when it comes to Direct Air Capture, as the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is much lower than the amount emitted in point source capture flue gasses. This means that the developing technology used to capture CO2 from the air consumes a high amount of energy per tonne of carbon captured.
Alfa Laval’s gasketed plate heat exchangers are a reliable solution to make sure that your DAC technologies are optimized with efficiency in mind.
Download our technical report - Carbon capture with least OPEX and CAPEX
Accelerating cost-effective carbon capture
Alfa Laval heat exchanger technology has played a central part in over half of the world’s CCUS plants. Our unique Alfa Laval Packinox plate-and-frame heat exchangers are enabling the development of sites that will facilitate the possibilities of carbon capture at large economies of scale. Read this story to learn more about the role heat transfer plays in carbon capture and how we are working with major process licensors and end-users to make it possible.
Enabling e-methanol with CO2 utilization and advanced heat transfer technology
Once CO2 is captured, it can be utilized in downstream processes such as Power-to-X in e-methanol production. Combining green hydrogen with a CO2 source paves the way for e-methanol. Besides being used as fuel or for energy storage, e-methanol is also crucial for decarbonizing large parts of the chemical industry. Alfa Laval offers a unique portfolio of state-of-the-art heat transfer technology to, for instance, enable highly efficient e-methanol production.
Our solutions
Alfa Laval has a broad portfolio of heat exchangers to meet the energy-intensive demands of CCU/S applications. We can help you maximize energy recovery in a range of duties, including for lean/rich interchangers, the largest heat recovery duty in the process. We also offer solutions for minimizing energy and cooling water needs, while maximizing CO2 capture efficiency and reducing the cost for the compressor package and other process equipment.
Heat transfer
Alfa Laval gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchangers
Our Gasketed plate heat exchangers are optimizing heat transfer by large surfaces of corrugated plates drawing heat from one gas or liquid to the other. The high efficiency and an outstanding reliability in a compact design, offers an investment with the most attractive CTO over the product life time. Not to forget the energy saving capabilities and low environmental footprint.
Alfa Laval Compabloc welded heat exchanger
With over 30,000 units handling tough duties worldwide, Compabloc is the market champion when it comes to heat transfer. Its compact design has been engineered for superior reliability and performance, making it easy to both service and install. Plus, our Compabloc family is 3-5 times more efficient than traditional shell-and-tube solutions and secures safe operation of up to 60 bar. Learn more about our range to find out how we have improved our process sustainability with you in mind.
Alfa Laval Packinox plate-and-frame heat exchanger
An Alfa Laval Packinox plate-and-frame heat exchanger is the perfect choice for heat transfer duties in processes with large flows, high temperatures and high pressures. Its superior thermal performance lets you increase energy efficiency, grow profitability and minimize your environmental impact. A single Packinox heat exchanger outperforms systems consisting of multiple large shell-and-tubes, both in terms of heat recovery and investment costs.
Alfa Laval Welded spiral heat exchangers
Alfa Laval spiral heat exchangers are designed to handle the toughest heat transfer challenges. Whether it’s frequent fouling from dirty media, or limitations from pressure drop and floor space, they are the ultimate problem solver for liquid-to-liquid and two-phase duties. The robust, efficient and compact designs keep both installation and maintenance costs extremely low, and they have a proven reputation for almost never fouling up.
Alfa Laval Fusion-bonded plate heat exchangers
Alfa Laval’s patented AlfaFusion bonding technology creates highly efficient, compact heat exchangers made entirely of stainless steel. Virtually maintenance free and capable of handling extremely high pressures and temperatures, they are an ideal heat transfer solution for challenging applications. These include duties with high cleanliness demands, with aggressive media such as ammonia, or where copper or nickel pose contamination risks.
Alfa Laval Gas-to-liquid plate heat exchangers
From exceptionally high temperatures to media with extremely asymmetrical flow rates, Alfa Laval’s gas-to-liquid portfolio handles more than other plate heat exchangers. Built with a revolutionary asymmetric “dimple” plate design, our gas-to-liquid models provide efficient heat recovery and very low pressure drop in gas applications – all within a significantly smaller footprint than tubular technologies.
Alfa Laval Printed circuit heat exchangers
Trust the results from 15 years of proven performance. Alfa Laval printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHEs) combine superior robustness and integrity with an exceptionally high heat transfer rate, in a unit that’s up to 85 % smaller and lighter than comparable shell-and-tube and shell-and-coil exchangers. The unique design results in excellent performance, lower installation and operational costs, as well as improved safety. Each unit is also fully customizable according to your exact needs.
