MODEC has entered a FEED contract with Samsung E&A for an offshore carbon capture pilot project, which would feature Carbon Clean’s modular CycloneCC technology.
The study will consider the installation of a carbon capture module on a MODEC FPSO as a pilot.
Carbon Clean will provide FEED support, including equipment for CycloneCC’s rotating packed bed technology and process design package licensing for the unit.
Samsung E&A will undertake detailed engineering to optimize CycloneCC for the offshore environment and the FPSO.
According to MODEC, CycloneCC’s footprint is up to 50% smaller than conventional solutions, with the recently introduced CycloneCC C1 series offering a height reduction of 70% compared to column-based technologies.
The rotating packed bed systems, MODEC added, should enhance capture performance under vessel motions compared to columns. The next step could be to include a commercial, scaled-up CycloneCC unit on MODEC’s FPSO fleet.
