Monday, August 31, 2020

K Line Plans a CO2 Capture System Demonstration for Ocean-Going Vessel

Japanese shipping firm K Line plans a demonstration project to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) on an ocean-going vessel, targeting eventually to reuse it in enhanced oil recovery processes or production of synthetic marine fuel.

K Line said today it is launching a two-year project to verify the effectiveness of capturing and storing CO2 emitted from vessels, as well as the operations and safety of CO2 capture facilities at sea using a demonstration plant installed on a vessel. 

The project is targeting to begin operating a pilot plant installed on the 88,000 deadweight tonne K Line coal vessel Corona Utility by April 2021 to measure the performance and eventually develop a new CO2 capture system for vessels.

K Line's partner Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese engineering firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will develop and build a small-scale demonstration carbon capture plant. The firm is planning to begin test operations of the plant at its factory by mid-2021 before installing it on Corona Utility. A hazard identification evaluation of the plant and its deployment on ships will be done in co-operation with Japanese classification society ClassNK.

K Line is looking to help the shipping industry achieve decarbonisation of its operations through the proposed project as the captured CO2 can be recycled as a new source for enhanced oil recovery, as well as a raw material to produce synthetic methane.

Japan is targeting to commercialise zero-carbon emitting vessels by 2028-30 to realise the International Maritime Organisation's target to reduce shipping emissions. Tokyo is considering introducing vessels fuelled with alternative fuels, including hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic methane, as well as those installed with an onboard carbon capture system.

Fellow Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Line is leading a cross-industry study to examine the concept of using methanation technology to supply zero-emissions marine fuel, with CO2 proposed to be captured from steelworks to produce synthetic methane.

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