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IEAGHG Technical Report 2017-02 February 2017 Techno - Economic Evaluation of SMR Based Standalone (Merchant) Hydrogen Plant with CCS IEA GREENHOUSE GAS R&D PROGRAMME vsdv International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an international energy programme. The IEA fosters co-operation amongst its 28 member countries and the European Commission, and with the other countries, in order to increase energy security by improved efficiency of energy use, development of alternative energy sources and research, development and demonstration on matters of energy supply and use. This is achieved through a series of collaborative activities, organised under 39 Technology Collaboration Programmes (Implementing Agreements). These agreements cover more than 200 individual items of research, development and demonstration. IEAGHG is one of these Implementing Agreements. DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of the work sponsored by IEAGHG. The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the IEAGHG, its members, the International Energy Agency, the organisations listed below, nor any employee or persons acting on behalf of any of them. In addition, none of these make any warranty, express or implied, assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product of process disclosed or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights, including any parties intellectual property rights. Reference herein to any commercial product, process, service or trade name, trade mark or manufacturer does not necessarily constitute or imply any endorsement, recommendation or any favouring of such products. COPYRIGHT Copyright © IEA Environmental Projects Ltd. (IEAGHG) 2017. All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CITATIONS This report describes research commissioned by IEAGHG. This report was prepared by: Amec Foster Wheeler and IEAGHG The principal researchers were: • Guido Collodi • Giuliana Azzaro • Noemi Ferrari To ensure the quality and technical integrity of the research undertaken by IEAGHG each study is managed by an appointed IEAGHG manager. The report is also reviewed by a panel of independent technical experts before its release. The IEAGHG manager for this report was: • Stanley Santos The expert reviewers for this report are: • Jeff Brown (Stanford University) • Bill Cotton, Mark McKenna, Gareth Williams, Sam French (Johnson Matthey) • Stuart Lodge & CO2 Capture Team (BP & CCP Project) The report should be cited in literature as follows: ‘IEAGHG, “Techno-Economic Evaluation of SMR Based Standalone (Merchant) Plant with CCS”, 2017/02, February, 2017.’ Further information or copies of the report can be obtained by contacting IEAGHG at: IEAGHG, Pure Offices, Cheltenham Office Park Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, GLOS., GL51 6SH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1242 802911 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ieaghg.org Techno-Economics of Deploying CCS in a SMR Based Hydrogen Production using NG as Feedstock/Fuel Key Messages • IEAGHG have systematically evaluated the performance and cost of integrating CCS in various energy intensive industries. To date, the programme looked at deploying CCS in the cement, iron and steel, pulp and paper industry, whilst studies in the oil refining, methanol and ammonia/urea production from NG underway. • Hydrogen is a key raw material to other energy intensive industries. Globally, nearly 90% of the hydrogen produced is consumed by the ammonia, methanol and oil refining industries. In the future, hydrogen could also play an important role in the decarbonisation of space heating (i.e. industrial, commercial, building and residential heating) and transport fuel (i.e. use of fuel cell vehicles). • Currently, the steam methane reformer (SMR) is the leading technology for H2 production from natural gas or light hydrocarbons. Modern SMR based hydrogen production facilities have achieved efficiencies that could reduce CO2 emissions down to nearly 10% above its theoretical minimum. Further reduction of CO2 emissions from hydrogen production would only be possible by the integration of CCS. • This study provides an up-to-date assessment of the performance and costs of a modern 3 SMR based H2 plant without and with CCS producing 100,000 Nm /h H2 and operating as a merchant plant (i.e. standalone plant - without any integration to an industrial complex). • Unlike other studies in the series, the capture of CO2 from an SMR plant is a commercial operation. This is one of the main sources of industrial and food grade CO2 in the market globally. However, only 3 sites around the world have demonstrated the integration of CO2 capture with CO2 transport and storage. These include (a.) Port Arthur Project in the USA, (b.) Quest Project in Canada, and (c.) Tomakomai Project in Japan. • This study presents the economics of deploying CCS in an SMR based hydrogen plant capturing CO2 from the (a.) shifted syngas, (b.) PSA’s tail gas or (c.) SMR’s flue gas. Each capture option was evaluated using IEAHG’s standard assessment criteria against a Base Case (i.e. H2 plant without CCS). • The Base Case consists of: (a.) feedstock pre-treatment, (b.) pre-reformer, (c.) primary reformer, (d.) high temperature shift reactor and (e.) pressure swing absorption or PSA in 3 single train arrangement producing 100,000 Nm /h of H2 (purity >99.9%). It consumes 3 about 14.21 MJ of NG and emits about 0.81 kg of CO2 per Nm H2 produced. It has a surplus of ~9.9MWe electricity which is exported to the grid. • The current industry standard for capturing CO2 from an SMR Based H2 plant is the capture of CO2 from the shifted syngas using MDEA solvent. Four other CO2 capture options were then evaluated as part of this study. These include: the use of H2 rich burner in conjunction with capture of CO2 from shifted syngas using MDEA; the capture of CO2 from PSA’s tail gas using MDEA, or the use of Cryogenic and Membrane Separation; and the capture of CO2 from flue gas using MEA. These options involve the CO2 capture rate in the range of 56% to 90%. • For all the CCS cases, the addition of the CO2 capture increases the total plant cost by 18% to 79% compared to the Base Case. This corresponds to an additional total capital requirement) of around €40 to €176 million (Q4 2014 estimates). • For all bar one of the capture options considered, the incorporation of CO2 capture 3 increases the natural gas consumption by 0.46 to 1.41 MJ/Nm H2. Similarly, all options with CO2 capture resulted in a reduction of the surplus electricity that could be exported to the grid. These changes resulted to an increase in the operating cost of hydrogen production by 18% to 33% compared to the Base Case. • Adding CCS to an SMR based H2 plant results to an increase in the Levelised Cost of 3 3 Hydrogen between € 0.021 and € 0.051 per Nm H2 (from € 0.114 per Nm for the Base Case). This corresponds to a CO2 avoidance cost (CAC) of between €47 and €70 per tonne of CO2. Background to the Study The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) has undertaken a series of studies evaluating the performance and cost of capturing CO2 from the different energy intensive industries. The most recent of these studies is the hydrogen production from steam methane reforming (SMR) using natural gas as feedstock and fuel. Hydrogen is a key raw material to other industries. Globally, nearly 90% of the hydrogen or HyCO gas produced is used by the ammonia, methanol and oil refining industries. In the future, hydrogen could play an important role in the decarbonisation of space heating (i.e. industrial, commercial, building and residential heating) and transport fuel (i.e. use of fuel cell vehicles). The economics of hydrogen production are determined by several factors such as the cost and quality of the feedstock, and utilities. Around 90% of the feedstock used in the production of hydrogen are from fossil fuels i.e. natural gas, fuel oil and coal1. Other feedstocks could include other hydrocarbons such as refinery off-gases, LPG, naphtha, petcoke, asphalts, vacuum tars, and others. The conversion of fossil fuels to hydrogen also produces a significant amount of CO2 as a by- product. Environmental concerns regarding the reduction of CO2 emissions from energy intensive industries (including hydrogen production) should be expected in the future following the Paris Agreement. Currently, the steam methane reforming (SMR) is the leading technology for H2 production from natural gas or light hydrocarbons. Most of the modern SMR based hydrogen production facilities can now achieve energy efficiency levels that reduce CO2 emissions down to nearly 10% above its theoretical minimum. Further reduction of CO2 emissions from hydrogen production could only be achieved by the integration of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in the process scheme. 1 Coal is mainly used as feedstock to produce hydrogen or HYCO in China and India. To understand the cost of deploying CCS in the hydrogen production plant, IEAGHG commissioned Amec Foster Wheeler to undertake the “Techno-Economic Evaluation of Hydrogen Production with CO2 Capture and Storage”. This study aimed to provide baseline information presenting the performance and costs of incorporating the CO2 capture technologies to a SMR based hydrogen plant operating as merchant plant (as a standalone plant). The basis of the design of the hydrogen production process are presented in the main report. These are briefly described in this overview. The selection of technology options for CO2 capture is based on the available information and performance data that could be provided by equipment manufacturers and suppliers. It should be noted that the study does not aim to provide a definitive comparison of different technologies or technology suppliers because such comparisons are strongly influenced by specific local constraints and market factors, which can be subject to rapid changes.