First year operating experience with a 1 t/h CO2 absorption : Pilot plant at Esbjerg coal-fired power plant

As part of the EU integrated project CASRTOR, a 1 CO 2 absorption pilot plant has been erected at the 400 MW coal-fired Esbierg power plant. The main purpose of the pilot plant is to demonstrate the post-combustion capture technology in conjunction with a coal-fired power plant. In January-February 2006, a 1000 hours test compaign on a conventional solvent, 30%-weight MEA solution, was conducted at the pilot plant. This paper summarises the initial operation experience and some of the first results obtained during the 1000 hours MEA campaign