PROFILE
CO2 Solutions Inc. (CSI) is a leading technology provider for the capture and purification of CO2 from industrial flue gases. Pioneer in the industry, the company offers revolutionary technology that meets the challenge of using CO2 as a raw material in many industries essential to the production of modern goods, as well as the challenge posed by CO2 as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
CO2 Solutions’ unique, patented industrial lung technology optimizes industrial profitability for plants that use CO2 while effectively fighting climate change by capturing the CO2 from polluting emissions for reuse or storage.
INTRODUCTION
Why buy your carbon gas (CO2) from an outside supplier when you can capture your own CO2 emissions, purify and reuse them, and even convert them into revenues, all while improving your environmental scorecard?
Thanks to their unique, revolutionary, patented carbon-capture technology and their Valorisation Carbone Québec (VCQ) initiative, CO2 Solutions gives you the self-sufficiency to fulfil your own operational CO2 requirements. All carried out much more efficiently and 35-60% more economically than any other carbon-capture technology on the market.
GIVE YOUR FACTORY LUNGS TO MAKE IT GREENER AND MORE PROFITABLE
Inspired by the principle of a human lung - and the result of over twenty years of research and commercial development - this innovative carbon capture process is based on an improved and patented industrial form of carbonic anhydrase (CA), a natural enzyme that enables respiratory carbon management in all living organisms (humans, animals, plants).
With our technology, 90% of CO2 emissions from stationary installations like factories can be captured at the source, directly from the chimneys, for more beneficial uses than rejection into nature.
Using a process inspired by nature and respectful of the environment, our industrial lung carbon-capture technology produces CO2 that is +99.95% pure for reuse or conversion. If your industrial processes require carbon dioxide, you can make your business more profitable by repurposing the purified CO2 from your own emissions. You can also generate and capitalize carbon credits. All while almost entirely eliminating your greenhouse gas emissions.
BE VISIONARY. BECOME A PIONEER IN YOUR INDUSTRY.
Get a jump on the future: eliminate your pollution and profit from your emissions, by capitalizing on the world-renowned, state-of-the-art expertise at CO2 Solutions. As leaders of the Valorisation Carbone Québec (VCQ) initiative along with participating partners Laval University and the Quebec government, CO2 Solutions will show you how you can benefit the most from the new carbon economy.
Discover a new economy that is more sustainable, more sound and more profitable, as much for the planet as it is for your business and industry. A forward-thinking economy that will better monetize your industrial processes, reduce your environmental footprint and transition your business towards better financial resilience and a better environment for the global common good and for future generations.
TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL LUNG
AN INDUSTRIAL LUNG INSPIRED BY NATURE
For their revolutionary carbon-capture technology, CO2 Solutions turned to the living world for nature’s most powerful known catalyst for carbon management, the carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme. After observing, analysing and understanding how this natural enzyme functions, the company was able to develop an innovative industrial disruptive process using the enzyme, at a very competitive operating cost.
Contrary to conventional carbon-capture technologies, the CO2 Solutions process neither requires nor produces toxic products. It is a carbon-capture solution that is clean, stable, with extremely fast absorption kinetics and low energy consumption, and poses absolutely no danger to human health or the environment.
Tremendous CO2 monetizing capacity
The CO2 Solutions technology allows up to 90% of post-combustion emissions to be captured directly from industrial sources like chimneys. The CO2 is then extracted for purification in order to be reused or converted. Adaptable to all types of gaseous effluents, this innovative technology helps companies better monetize their industrial processes, all while reducing their environmental footprint.
The solution of choice to actively, safely and profitably fight against climate change, our industrial lung technology turns every user into a dynamic player in the new carbon economy. To find out more about how you can profit from it, contact us!
EXCLUSIVE PROPRIETARY HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENZYME
1T1 – A PROPRIETARY HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENZYME
CO2 Solutions’ innovative carbon-capture technology stands out through its ingenious use of the carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme. Naturally present in humans and all living organisms, CA is vital to the organic exchange of CO2 during respiration. Heads turned in 2014 when CO2 Solutions presented their high-performance industrial version of carbonic anhydrase.
The new enzyme – named 1T1 – has the catalytic properties that dramatically accelerate CO2 capture as compared to conventional technologies. It does this using simple and harmless salt solutions – another innovation – rather than the toxic solvents used by other capture technologies.
RESULTS
Developed with the financial assistance of the Government of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), the 1T1 enzyme today lets CO2 Solutions offer an optimized technology that is unmatched. Whether tested in the lab or deployed in the field, the 1T1 enzyme’s longevity and catalytic performance put it in a class of its own.
In addition, CO2 Solutions was able to reduce significantly the manufacturing cost of the enzyme compared to third-party supplies, resulting in a reduction of operating costs of the technology. By enhancing the natural performance of the already impressive enzyme in its industrial lung technology, the new 1T1 enzyme has surged to the forefront. Internal development of the 1T1 enzyme also ensures that CO2 Solutions retains total control over its intellectual property, its production and applications, and has allowed the company to optimize its supply chain to the benefit of its customers.
DISTINCT ADVANTAGES
BENEFITS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
CO2 Solutions’ revolutionary carbon-capture technology is one of the most efficient new options for cleansing virtually any stationary source of CO2 - containing combustion gas. Perfectly adapted to today’s major and numerous opportunities to profit from CO2 reuse and conversion, the technology’s unparalleled advantages represent an invaluable asset in climate change mitigation.
PROFITABILITY
- Shown reduction in cost (CAPEX and OPEX) of 35 to 60% compared to all other conventional carbon-capture technologies on the market.
- Technology delivers value-added CO2 and profitable carbon recovery and reuse.
- Transforms industrial emissions into potential revenue streams, cost reductions opportunities or carbon credits.
PERFORMANCE
- Up to 90% of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources can be captured by capitalizing on the efficient performance of the exclusive 1T1 enzyme.
- Allows the use of excess industrial heat at low temperatures to drive the regeneration process and cut energy costs drastically compared to other technologies.
- CO2 purification of 99.95% or more in one step, which is optimal for its reuse.
- Highly tolerant to flue gas contaminants such as sulphur and nitrous oxides.
PRACTICALITY
- Absorbing solution is highly stable to capture CO2
- Reduced gas pretreatment requirements.
- Low desorber temperature allows regeneration of solution with low-level heat at nil value. No steam or high-quality heat required.
ENVIRONMENTAL
- High-efficiency process acting as an industrial lung to reduce GHG emissions.
- Use of low environmental impact agents into an absorbing system that replaces more harmful technologies based on chemical solvents
- Significant reduction in energy consumption by avoiding chemical solvents whose regeneration requires high quality heat (high temperature).
- Technology does not generate waste, aerosols or toxic contaminants.
DURABILITY
- Enzyme 1T1 remains active for a long time without losing its efficiency.
- Low corrosivity absorption solution requiring less expensive metallurgy than competing processes - less severe pressure, temperature and acidity conditions of enzyme technology compared to conventional processes even allows the use of plastic pipes in some services.
LOGISTICAL
- Alternative capture technology that can be deployed in existing carbon capture units using chemical solvents.
APPLICATIONS
CAPTURE AND PURIFICATION
CO2 capture and purification at its best
Do your installations produce significant GHG emissions and you’re looking for a solution? CO2 Solutions’ industrial lung technology can help you adeptly rise to the challenge. Armed with an entirely eco-friendly carbon-capture process, we can transform your business by making it greener than you thought possible.
Our technology can capture up to 90% of your emissions to extract and purify 99.95% or more of the CO2 for reuse. No other technology allows you to do this much, this profitably, and without producing any toxic waste. Today, it is in the best interest of every forward-thinking business leader to pioneer the new carbon economy. It is a win-win for any company: a decreased environmental footprint and increased profitability.
An adaptable technology with incredible potential
When applied in a compact rotating packed bed arrangement smaller than a conventional contacting equipment layout, the industrial lung technology can be adapted for the most demanding configurations while reducing infrastructure costs significantly.
In addition, our enzyme technology lets you generate CO2 from your own emissions to reuse in your processes and applications, as you need it, without ever sacrificing the quality of the raw material. This in turn reduces your operating costs and ensures a stable supply chain.
You can also monetize the recovered CO2 as carbon credits. 70% of global energy demand is currently met through the burning of carbon-based fuels, and demand is predicted to double by 20351. By fitting your installation now with an industrial lung, you will not only be a leader in the new carbon economy – you will fully profit from it.
REUSE
A rich future for CO2 reuse
There are many applications for the reuse of CO2, the most common ones outlined in this section. At the heart of the new carbon economy developed by CO2 Solutions is the idea that the reuse of CO2 released from stationary sources is the most desirable environmental solution for reducing GHG emissions while transforming the gas into a revenue stream or a cost avoidance.
Applications for CO2 reuse will see tremendous and sustained growth in the coming years and decades. With far better performance than conventional carbon-capture technologies, CO2 Solutions’ technology was specifically designed to allow large-scale greenhouse gas emitters to profit from this market in dynamic evolution. There are two forms of CO2 reuse: direct or with conversion.
CO2 direct reuse
The industrial lung technology provides an on-site capture plant in order to reuse the CO2 that is being released. This can also reduce or eliminate dependence on external CO2 suppliers.
CO2 reuse with conversion
Can your company turn its CO2 emissions into a source of revenue? Can your CO2 find a nearby taker that results in a commercial transaction that brings you profit? A capture unit on your emissions can turn your waste into a raw material for the receiving company that benefits both parties – the seller reduces their environmental footprint while generating revenues; the buyer can rely on a supply of CO2 that is reliable, economical and environmentally friendly.
Major applications for CO2 reuse
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Pulp and Paper
- Regulating and stabilizing pH
- Reducing CaCO3 dissolution
- CO2 Pulp-washing
- CO2 for soap acidulation
- Water treatment
- Greenhouses
- Beverage carbonation
- Emerging uses
- Algae culture
- Production of bio-plastics
- Production of liquid fuels
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS)
Capture and storage on the increase
Another strategy in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions is through carbon capture and storage (CCS), also enabled by CO2 Solutions’ innovative technology. This process is primarily for large GHG emitters who do not use CO2 for their industrial processes and who cannot sell any CO2 they capture to nearby third parties.
The process of CCS involves selectively removing CO2 from the effluent gases captured. It is then permanently injected under pressure deep underground into appropriate storage sites, most commonly in deep saline formations, exhausted oil and gas reservoirs and, more rarely, in unusable coal seams.
An enormous capacity for geologic CO2 storage worldwide
In its Fifth Assessment Report entitled Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognized carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a key part of the mix of various technologies necessary to reduce the impacts of climate change3. The IPPC has previously estimated that there is at least 2 trillion tonnes of CO2 storage capacity in appropriate geological formations globally4. Based on this and the fact that large industrial plants generate 14.7 billion tonnes of emissions annually, there are approximately 136 years of storage for CO2 emissions worldwide.
Alberta oil sands
Of particular interest is the opportunity in the Alberta Oil Sands, the fastest growing source of carbon emissions in Canada. Unconventional hydrocarbon production from the oil sands is a subject of concern due to its higher overall carbon footprint compared to conventional oil production. CCS is a compelling option for the mitigation of this footprint, and CO2 Solutions is ideally positioned to implement it. Pilot demonstrations currently underway using their enzyme technology have shown that it is 35 to 60% more economical than conventional amine processes.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
PILOT DEMONSTRATION WITH HUSKY ENERGY
Under a Collaboration Agreement with Husky Energy, one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies, CO2 Solutions operated a pilot unit of its enzymatic carbon capture process at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, near Montreal, Quebec, as part of a 2,500-hour, semi-autonomous exploitation. The unit was on a natural gas fired boiler to capture 10 tonnes/day of GHG, treating it to extract CO2 and purify it for reuse.
Operation of the pilot unit commenced in May 2015 with completion of testing in the third quarter of that same year. Test results all met or exceeded objectives, demonstrating the technology’s potential in real-world application. Husky Energy, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, continues to closely follow the evolution of the CO2 Solutions technology.
PILOT DEMONSTRATION WITH THE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER
In September 2014, CO2 Solutions joined Energy & Environmental Research Center’s (EERC) program Advancing CO2 Capture Technology: Partnership for CO2 Capture (PCO2C) Phase III as a sponsor. Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, PCO2C is one of the world’s leading CO2 capture technology testing and benchmarking initiatives. The EERC, a high-tech, non-profit branch of the University of North Dakota (UND), is recognized as one of the world's leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies.
In December 2014 and January 2015, CO2 Solutions conducted an extended series of tests of its technology using EERC’s state-of-the-art carbon capture test system. At approximately the 1 tonne-CO2/day scale, the testing involved the use of CO2Solutions’ proprietary 1T1 carbonic anhydrase enzyme to efficiently capture CO2from both natural gas and coal combustion flue gases. The pilot unit was used again for another test in 2016.
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT WITH GASTRAN SYSTEMS
Since 2015, CO2 Solutions has worked with multiple suppliers of contact technology intensified by a rotating bed in order to help reduce the size of their enzymatic capture unit for carbon reuse to optimize the integration of an RTB.
The partnership lead to a considerable decrease in the size of the CO2 absorption system so it could be better adapted to constrained industrial spaces in power plants, oil refineries and other carbon-emitting plants. The system itself is now thirty times more compact than a conventional unit, an improvement that has resulted in an important reduction of initial investment costs. The installation of this smaller and lighter carbon capture unit does not require any new supporting structure or reinforcement of existing structures.
Conventional unit compared to CO2 Solutions’ rotating packed bed unit
This commercial example is for the capture of 90% of CO2 emissions from a natural gas fired boiler based on a scale of 300 tonnes of CO2 per day.
First generation unit
Packed column with conventional absorber currently used by the industry
Diameter: 5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Height: 15.0 m (49.2 ft)
Volume: 369.45 m3 (13,047 ft3)
Second generation unit used by CO2 Solutions
Equipped with 2 rotating beds (RPB) – Thirty times smaller!
Diameter: 2.1 m (6.89 ft) each
Height: 1.7 m (5.58 ft) each
Volume: 5.89 m3 (208 ft3) each
COMPLETED PROJECTS
PILOT DEMONSTRATION WITH HUSKY ENERGY
Under a Collaboration Agreement with Husky Energy, one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies, CO2 Solutions operated a pilot unit of its enzymatic carbon capture process at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, near Montreal, Quebec, as part of a 2,500-hour, semi-autonomous exploitation. The unit was on a natural gas fired boiler to capture 10 tonnes/day of GHG, treating it to extract CO2 and purify it for reuse.
Operation of the pilot unit commenced in May 2015 with completion of testing in the third quarter of that same year. Test results all met or exceeded objectives, demonstrating the technology’s potential in real-world application. Husky Energy, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, continues to closely follow the evolution of the CO2 Solutions technology.
PILOT DEMONSTRATION WITH THE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER
In September 2014, CO2 Solutions joined Energy & Environmental Research Center’s (EERC) program Advancing CO2 Capture Technology: Partnership for CO2 Capture (PCO2C) Phase III as a sponsor. Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, PCO2C is one of the world’s leading CO2 capture technology testing and benchmarking initiatives. The EERC, a high-tech, non-profit branch of the University of North Dakota (UND), is recognized as one of the world's leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies.
In December 2014 and January 2015, CO2 Solutions conducted an extended series of tests of its technology using EERC’s state-of-the-art carbon capture test system. At approximately the 1 tonne-CO2/day scale, the testing involved the use of CO2Solutions’ proprietary 1T1 carbonic anhydrase enzyme to efficiently capture CO2from both natural gas and coal combustion flue gases. The pilot unit was used again for another test in 2016.
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT WITH GASTRAN SYSTEMS
Since 2015, CO2 Solutions has worked with multiple suppliers of contact technology intensified by a rotating bed in order to help reduce the size of their enzymatic capture unit for carbon reuse to optimize the integration of an RTB.
The partnership lead to a considerable decrease in the size of the CO2 absorption system so it could be better adapted to constrained industrial spaces in power plants, oil refineries and other carbon-emitting plants. The system itself is now thirty times more compact than a conventional unit, an improvement that has resulted in an important reduction of initial investment costs. The installation of this smaller and lighter carbon capture unit does not require any new supporting structure or reinforcement of existing structures.
Conventional unit compared to CO2 Solutions’ rotating packed bed unit
This commercial example is for the capture of 90% of CO2 emissions from a natural gas fired boiler based on a scale of 300 tonnes of CO2 per day.
First generation unit
Packed column with conventional absorber currently used by the industry
Diameter: 5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Height: 15.0 m (49.2 ft)
Volume: 369.45 m3 (13,047 ft3)
Second generation unit used by CO2 Solutions
Equipped with 2 rotating beds (RPB) – Thirty times smaller!
Diameter: 2.1 m (6.89 ft) each
Height: 1.7 m (5.58 ft) each
Volume: 5.89 m3 (208 ft3) each
Source: CO2 Solutions Inc.
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