The BIGCCS Final Conference was held at Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim on October 26-27, 2016. The aim of the conference was to sum up the eight years of activities and to give Centre partners concrete examples of the achievements. 70 attendees contributed in making the event a success. On the program were 29 oral Read More
In June, the 150 kWth CLC (Chemical Looping Combustion) pilot plant at SINTEF in Trondheim achieved its first successful operation in full CLC mode, with very good results. Methane was used as fuel and copper oxide based particles were used as oxygen carrier. At a fuel power of 100 kW, methane conversion of up to Read More
By Svend Tollak Munkejord, Håkon Ottar Nordhagen, Morten Hammer, Stéphane Dumoulin and Eskil Aursand In the unlikely event of a rupture in a CO2-transport pipeline, the CO2 will exert more forces on the pipe than what would have been the case for natural gas. This is due to the thermodynamic properties of CO2 and implies Read More
Bridging the gap between science and industry relevance, is a key task for BIGCCS. BIGCCS is in its final year, thus communicating results and findings from the research, and discussing solutions with the industry is extra important. One way to disseminate results and discuss them with the industry is through the 14 webinars we are Read More
The CLIMIT Programme is Norway’s national programme for research, development and demonstration of CO2 capture and storage technology (CCS). In connection with the Programme’s 10 year anniversary, BIGCCS contributed with three interviews/videos. See the videos here with: Nils A. Røkke Svend Tollak Munkejord Malin Torsæter See also CLIMITS webpage and the latest Climit Magazine – Read More
By Mona Mølnvik, Director BIGCCS 2015 is the 7th year in operation for BIGCCS – International CCS Research Centre that has grown to a powerful centre of excellence; both in terms of the number of people involved and the results produced. BIGCCS Innovations This was evidenced during the 8th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport Read More
Grethe Tangen, Manager, BIGCCS SP3 During 4-5 February 2016, the eminent researchers dedicated to CO2 storage within BIGCCS gathered for the annual SP3 technical workshop. Mutual updates on the progress of CCS in Europe and USA in light of the UN Climate conference mixed with presentations of ongoing research stimulated enthusiastic discussions. During day 2 Read More
Why produce hydrogen from fossil fuels? How to do it? And what has CO2 capture and storage (CCS) got to do with it? Read the blog from Mari Voldsund, Kristin Jordal and Rahul Anantharaman here.
By Svend Tollak Munkejord, Morten Hammer and Sigurd W. Løvseth Many things are known about CO2 transport, e.g., that it is feasible and safe. However, if full-scale CO2 capture and storage (CCS) were to be deployed today, conservative design and operational decisions would have to be made due to the lack of quantitative Read More
by Sohrab Gheibi, BIGCCS PhD Student, NTNU The huge amounts of CO2 that we are emitting to the atmosphere require rapid action to mitigate climate change. A promising option to reduce emissions of this greenhouse gas is storage in deep geological formations. CO2 storage can also serve for utilization purposes, like Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Read More
