本文转自《BIOMASS》发布的题为“Drax to pilot Europe’s first carbon capture storage project”的报道。

来源：Drax Group

日期：2018.05.21

原文链接：http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/15321/drax-to-pilot-europeundefineds-first-carbon-capture-storage-project

Jason Shipstone, head of R&D, Drax Group (left); Caspar Schoolderman, director of engineering, C-Capture; Andy Koss, CEO Drax Power; Prof Christopher Rayner, technical director, C-Capture; Carl Clayton, research and innovation engineer, Drax Group. 

Drax集团研发主管Jason Shipstone（左）; C-Capture工程总监Caspar Schoolderman; Drax Power首席执行官Andy Koss; C-Capture技术总监Christopher Rayner教授; Drax集团研究和创新工程师Carl Clayton。

Drax has announced that it is to pilot the first bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project of its kind in Europe, which, if successful, could make the renewable electricity produced at its North Yorkshire power station carbon negative.

Drax（德拉克斯）宣布将在欧洲试点首个生物能源碳捕集存储（BECCS）项目，如果成功的话，该项目可能会使北约克郡电站碳排放为负值。

BECCS is vital to global efforts to combat climate change because the technology will mean the gases that cause global warning can be removed from the atmosphere at the same time as electricity is produced. This means power generation would no longer contribute to climate change, but would start to reduce the carbon accumulating in the atmosphere.

BECCS对于应对气候变化的全球努力至关重要，因为该技术将意味着在产生电力的同时，可以将导致全球预警的气体从大气中去除。这意味着发电不再导致气候变化，且会开始减少大气中碳含量。

The demonstration project will see Drax partner with Leeds-based C-Capture and invest £400,000 in what could be the first of several pilot projects undertaken at Drax to deliver a rapid, lower cost demonstration of BECCS.

该示范项目将看到Drax与基于Leeds的C-Capture的合作，并投资40万英镑，这可能是Drax开展的几个试点项目中的第一个，以实现BECCS的快速，低成本演示。

Drax Power Station became the largest decarbonization project in Europe by upgrading its existing facilities and, if the pilot is successful, it will examine options for a similar re-purposing of existing infrastructure to deliver more carbon savings.

Drax发电站通过升级其现有设施成为欧洲最大的脱碳项目，如果试点成功，它将检查类似的电站并且重新利用现有基础设施，以减少更多的碳。

A report by the Energy Technology Institute in 2016 has suggested that by the 2050s BECCS could deliver roughly 55 million tonnes of net negative emissions a year in the U.K.—approximately half the nation’s emissions target.

能源技术研究所2016年的一份报告表明，到2050年代，BECCS每年可在英国提供约5500万吨的净负排放量 - 约为全国排放目标的一半。

The first phase of the project, starting this month, will look to see if the solvent C-Capture has developed is compatible with the biomass flue gas at Drax Power Station. A lab-scale study into the feasibility of re-utilising the flue gas desulphurization (FGD) absorbers at the power station will also be carried out to assess potential capture rates.

从本月开始，该项目的第一阶段将着眼于查看溶剂C-Capture是否已开发出与Drax发电站兼容的生物质烟气。还将对电站烟气脱硫（FGD）吸收器再利用的可行性进行实验室研究，以评估潜在的捕集率。

FGD equipment is vital for reducing sulphur emissions from coal, but has become redundant on three of the generating units at Drax that have been upgraded to use biomass, because the wood pellets used produce minimal levels of sulphur.

FGD设备对于减少煤炭的硫排放至关重要，但在Drax的三个发电机组已经升级为使用生物质的情况下已经成为冗余，因为所使用的木颗粒产生的硫含量极低。

Depending on the outcome of a feasibility study, the C-Capture team will proceed to the second phase of the pilot in the autumn, when a demonstration unit will be installed to isolate the carbon dioxide produced by the biomass combustion.

根据可行性研究的结果，C-Capture团队将于秋季进入第二阶段的试验阶段，届时将安装一个示范单元来隔离生物质燃烧产生的二氧化碳。

Will Gardiner, CEO, Drax Group, said, “If the world is to achieve the targets agreed in Paris and pursue a cleaner future, negative emissions are a must—and BECCS is a leading technology to help achieve it.

Drax集团首席执行官Will Gardiner先生说：“如果全球要达到巴黎达成的目标并追求更加美好的未来，那么负碳排放是必不可少的，而BECCS是帮助实现这一目标的领先技术。

“This pilot is the U.K.’s first step, but it won’t be the only one at Drax. We will soon have four operational biomass units, which provide us with a great opportunity to test different technologies that could allow Drax, the country and the world, to deliver negative emissions and start to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”

“这个试点项目是英国的第一步，但它不会是Drax唯一的一个。 我们很快将拥有四个运营生物质能单元，这为我们提供了一个很好的机会来测试不同的技术，从而可以让Drax，这个国家和全世界提供负面排放，并开始减少大气中二氧化碳的数量。“

Unlike previous CCS projects Drax has been involved with, this is an early pilot for a new technology. It will examine the potential of a new form of carbon capture, post combustion on biomass, rather than coal.

与Drax早先参与的CCS项目不同，这是一项新技术的早期试点。 它将研究新形式的碳捕获的潜力，即燃烧后的生物质，而不是煤炭。

The government’s Clean Growth Strategy identified BECCS as one of several greenhouse gas removal technologies that could remove emissions from the atmosphere and help achieve long term decarbonization.

政府的“清洁增长战略”将BECCS确定为可以消除大气排放并帮助实现长期脱碳的几种温室气体清除技术之一。

Claire Perry, Energy & Clean Growth Minister, said, “We aim to make the U.K. a world leader in carbon capture usage and storage, a key part of our modern Industrial Strategy. It’s hugely exciting that Drax has chosen to invest in this innovative project, demonstrating how government support for innovation can create an environment where companies can develop new technologies and scale up investment to build the sectors we will need to achieve long term decarbonization.”

能源与清洁发展部长Claire Perry表示：“我们的目标是使英国成为碳捕集使用和存储领域的全球领导者，这是我们现代工业战略的重要组成部分。令人兴奋的是，Drax选择投资于这个创新项目，展示了政府对创新的支持如何创造一个环境，让公司可以开发新技术和扩大投资，以建立我们实现长期脱碳所需的部门。“

C-Capture is a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, established through funding from IP Group Plc.

C-Capture是Leeds大学化学系的一部分，由IP Group Plc提供资金建立。

Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture and professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds, said, “We have developed fundamentally new chemistry to capture CO2 and have shown that it should be suitable for capturing the carbon produced from bioenergy processes.

C-Capture创始人兼Leeds大学有机化学教授Chris Rayner说：“我们已经开发出全新的化学方法来捕获二氧化碳，并表明它应该适用于捕获生物能源过程中产生的碳。

“The key part is now to move it from our own facilities and into the real world at Drax. Through the pilot scheme we aim to demonstrate that the technology we’ve developed is a cost-effective way to achieve one of the holy grails of CO2 emissions strategies—negative emissions in power production, which is where we believe the potential CO2 emissions reductions are likely to be the greatest.”

“现在关键的部分是将其从我们自己的设施转移到Drax的真实世界。 通过试点计划，我们的目标是证明我们开发的技术是实现二氧化碳排放策略方法中较为低成本和高效益的方式 - 电力生产中的负排放，我们认为这是潜在的二氧化碳减排量可能最大的。“

Andy Duley, director of commercialization at the University of Leeds, said, “The University has an established track record in working with private sector investors and leveraging its own funds to launch successful spin out companies. C-Capture is the latest example of our continued success in converting research expertise into a valuable service which directly benefits industry, and has the potential to make an impact around the world.”

Leeds大学商业化系主任Andy Duley表示：“大学在与私营部门投资者合作方面有着良好的记录，并利用自己的资金建立了一些成功的公司。 C-Capture是我们在将研究专业知识转化为直接有益于行业的有价值服务的最新实例，该服务直接受益于行业，并有可能在全球范围内产生影响。“