A Technical and Economical Evaluation of CO 2 Capture from Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Flue Gas

Romina Digne (1) , Frédéric Feugnet (1) , Adrien Gomez (1)

1 IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles

Environmental issues, related to greenhouse gas and among them CO 2 , are becoming short term challenges. Pressure on industries and therefore on refining to limit and manage CO 2 emissions will be reinforced in next few years. Refining industry is responsible for about 2.7% of global CO 2 emissions. Fluidized Catalytic Cracking unit (FCC), one of the main process in refining, represents by itself 20% of the refinery CO 2 emissions. As FCC unit is present in half of the refining schemes, it is challenging to find tech-nologies to manage its emissions. Based on an industrial case, the aims of the presented work are to determine if amine technology HiCapt + , developed for power plant, might be a relevant solution to manage FCC CO 2 emissions and to evaluate the additional cost to be supported by refiners.

Keywords: Technical and economical evaluation; CO2 Capture; Fluidized catalytic cracking; FCC

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Chemical engineering

Romina Digne, Frédéric Feugnet, Adrien Gomez. A Technical and Economical Evaluation of CO 2 Capture from Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Flue Gas. Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles, 2014, 69 (6), pp.1081 - 1089. ⟨10.2516/ogst/2013209⟩. ⟨hal-01085973⟩