QAFAC CDR project - Qatar Sustainability Expo

QAFAC CDR PROJECT
Introduction – QAFAC
Qatar fuel additives company
limited (QAFAC)
15
15
Products
50
• Methanol (2950 MT/Day)
• MTBE
(1830 Mt/Day )
• Both plants started in June 1999
IQ
CPC
LCYCIC
20
IOL
What is methanol?
What is it used for?
• MTBE, Formaldehyde, Fuel ,
converted to olefins , acetic acid
QAFAC Environmental projects
Environmental Achievement
• First company to complete EIA and to obtain CTO
• ISO-14001 2004 certification
• AQMS
• Leak Detection And Repair (LDAR) program
• Flare Management Program
• Green Belt development and Zero treated wastewater discharge
QAFAC Environmental projects
Environmental Achievement
• RATA
• CSR programs: World Environment Day celebrations, Participations in
QP environmental fair, Community lectures and environmental
awareness campaigns, Celebration of annual HSE week
• QAFAC CDR Project
CDR Project Mission
QAFAC will be recovering 500 T/Day of CO2, a greenhouse gas, from its
Methanol Reformer stack and will be injecting it in its existing Methanol plant
to enhance the production capacity. With the initiation of this project QAFAC
has shown its strong desire to be a leader in cutting industrial greenhouse
gases and to play its front line role as an environmentally conscious company.
Methanol process
Synthesis Gas,
H2, CO, CO2
Natural gas
Treated stream
Crude methanol
Methanol
How does the CO2 comes in to picture
Reformer Flue Gas
CO2
CO2 capture principle
Synthesis Gas,
H2, CO, CO2
Flue Gas from
the reformer
stack
Methanol
Conversion to
Reformer
methanol
Utilizing Mitsubishi
KS1-solution and process
for CO2 capture and release
CO2 Capture
Cooling
process
CO2
CO2 Release
CO2
Compression
CDR Process
The CDR consists of four major sections which are :
• Flue gas pretreatment section
• CO2 absorption section
• Solvent regeneration section
• CO2 compression section
CDR Plant Block Diagram
Carbon Dioxide Recovery (CDR) Plant
CDR Plant Location
Proposed location
for CO2 project
Area = (100m x 80m)
CDR 3-D view
How much CO2 is being absorbed
• the CDR plant will recover 500 TPD of CO2 .
•
This is equivalent to :
– CO2 absorbed by 4,200,000 trees in ten years *
– CO2 emitted by 32000 vehicles / year **
*U.S. DOE (1998). Method for Calculating Carbon Sequestration by Trees in Urban and Suburban Settings. Voluntary
Reporting of Greenhouse Gases, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
** EPA (2009)_Inventory of U.S Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007