NETL experts and representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) visited North Carolina to review final preparations to ship and test a lower-cost transformational technology developed by CORMETECH Inc. that is designed to capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants.
The technology will soon be shipped from CORMETECH’s facilities in North Carolina for testing at the U.S. National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in Alabama. The NCCC testing is considered an important step in scaling new technologies for use in large NGCC plants.
CORMETECH has received funding from DOE-NETL to develop the technology in a project titled Bench Scale Test of a Polyethyleneimine Monolith Carbon Capture Process for Natural Gas Combined Cycle Point Sources (DE-FE0032138). This type of capture at the emissions source is referred to as point source capture because it involves separating CO2 from the flue gases emitted by industrial facilities and power plants before it enters the atmosphere.
CORMETECH is prominent in the design, manufacture, and life-cycle management of technologies that clean the air of pollutants linked to climate change. This specific technology approach uses a monolithic amine contactor to capture CO2 from natural gas combined cycle point sources.
