CC Fossil and Industry UTILISATION BECC

Modular 1MWth DFB Pilot (ECCSEL-DE-1.1)

Modular 1 MWth dual fluidized bed pilot plant for carbonate looping, chemical looping, oxyfuel combustion, and gasification

Operated by

TUDA

Technical University of Darmstadt

Otto-Berndt-Str. 2, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

CCUS Technologies

CC Fossil and Industry

Sorbents, Combustion, Systems (full chain optimization)

UTILISATION

Thermochemical/Thermal Catalytic Conversion and Hydrogenation of CO2, E-fuels/polymers

BECC

Solvents, Post-combustion capture, Pre-combustion capture, Systems, Oxy-fuel combustion capture

Research Fields

Fluid dynamics, Chemistry/Geochemistry, Modelling, Engineering, Thermodynamics

Scale of Facility

Large scale pilot / demo, TRL 4-6

Forms of Access

Contract Research, Cooperative Research

Contacts

Jochen Ströhle

Bernd Epple

Factsheet Website

EU-Funded CCUS Projects

H2020

2022–2026

CARBIOW

2018-2023

CLARA Horizon 2020

Other CCUS Projects

National Fund

2017-2019

COORETEC – MONIKA

The facility consists mainly of two refractory-lined circulating fluidized reactors (600 mm and 400 mm diameter, around 10 m high), which can be operated individually or in combination. The facility includes fuel feeding systems, gas preheaters, off-gas coolers, bag filters, fans, supply of technical gases (O2, N2, CO2) from tanks. Furthermore, the facility comprises installations to for gas cleansing and synthesis.

Areas of research

Carbonate looping, chemical looping, oxyfuel combustion, gasification, iron-oxide reduction, and iron combustion.

Installations and Instruments

Apart from the fluidized bed reactors facility, the complex features a gas cleaning plant for cleansing of syngas and a gas synthesis facility to produce methanol and Fischer-Tropsch products from syngas.

State of the Art, Uniqueness & Specific Advantages

The 1-MWth DFB plant at the Technical University of Darmstadt is unique due to its modularity and size.

Scientific Environment

Pilot testing of various processes such as carbonate looping, chemical looping, oxyfuel combustion, and gasification, including the use of different feedstocks and fuels, such as biomass and waste-derived fuels.