Power plants

The objective of this integrated project is to develop optimal nanostructured membranes and installations for different applications in CO₂ capture from power plants. To achieve this, module tests will be performed in real power plants. The results of those tests will show that the membrane modules are able to separate CO₂ from the flue gas stream, facing the goals of purity, recovery rate and durability.
To get realistic results, the most promising modules will be installed in four coal-fired power plants in Israel (IEC Ruthenberg in Ashkelon), Portugal (EDP in Sines), Germany (E.On in Schkopau) and Spain (Endesa in Los Barrios). The modules will be installed downstream the flue gas desulfuration unit (FGD).
The picture below gives an impression of the space available for the module tests at EDP's Sines power plant.

Israel

The IEC Ruthenberg Power Station is located at the south coastline of Israel, in Ashkelon.
Ruthenberg Power Station consists of two 575 MW coal fired units without FGD started in 1990 and 1991 and two 550 MW coal fired units with FGD started in 2000 and 2001. Each of the 550 MW units produces 1,600,000 Nm³/h flue gas. The test rig is connected to both FGDs outlet ramifications.

Portugal

Sines Power Plant is located in the southwest coastline of Portugal, in the Alentejo region, 6km south-east from Sines and about 150km south from Lisbon. It is a conventional pulverised coal-fired power plant with four independent power generator units, each one with a nominal power capacity of 314 MWe (gross) and a flue gas flow of 1,125,000 Nm³/h wet. The first unit started in industrial service in 1985 and the last one in 1989.

Germany

This lignite-fired power plant of E.On is located in Schkopau. With an average flue gas flow of 2,000,000 Nm³/h wet, the two turbines produce a power output of 450 MWe each.

Spain

Los Barrios' Power Plant is located in Algeciras Bay (Cadiz) in the south of Spain. The pulverised coal-fired plant is composed by a single generating group of 567.5 MWe, operating since 1985. It burns imported bituminous coal and produces a flue gas flow of nearly 2,000,000 Nm³/h wet.

redesigned by Philip Mathejczuk