👷♂️🧑🏼🏭The MetCCUS team, particularly researchers from DTU and Air Liquide conducted the final on-site measurements of the project on-site at the beginning of July!
🏭Where? In a CO2 capture installation of AVR in Duiven, the Netherlands.
💡 How does the CO2 capture plant work? Generally, it is necessary to extract any harmful substances for the environment from the flue gases released, later on, it is cooled to then absorb the CO2 from the flue gas bringing it into contact with a dissolving fluid that absorbs more than 80% of the CO2. Learn more about these CO2 capture systems here: https://lnkd.in/eMunVv9P
DTU has been developing a method for online analysis of trace components in CO2 by spectroscopy (far-UV and FTIR), and tested the method in its laboratory with gas mixtures prepared by NPL and VSL. The measurement campaign at AVR was the opportunity to test the method with real industrial gases, at several steps of the CO2 purification process.
🌞 This measurement campaign coincided with some record summer temperatures in the Netherlands and other parts of Europe. Analysers are proving their versatility in various conditions and industrial environments for on-line monitoring, particularly CO2 purity analysis. This will help the comparison of different methods, instruments and sensors in terms of short and long-term performance (response, accuracy, etc). more results to come!
