General – Carbon Capture
MODEC has entered into a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with SAMSUNG E&A for an offshore carbon capture pilot project, selecting Carbon Clean’s modular CycloneCC technology.
The study envisages installing a carbon capture module on a MODEC Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel as a pilot. This will be the first-of-a-kind deployment of CycloneCC in an onboard carbon capture setting.
Carbon Clean will provide FEED support to SAMSUNG E&A, including equipment supply of the rotating packed bed (RPB) technology at the heart of CycloneCC and process design package (PDP) licensing for the unit. SAMSUNG E&A will perform detailed engineering to optimize CycloneCC for the offshore environment and FPSO’s boundary conditions.
CycloneCC is well suited to an offshore maritime environment, as the unit footprint is up to 50% smaller than conventional solutions, with its largest equipment sizes reduced by a factor of 10.
The recently launched CycloneCC C1 series delivers a height reduction of 70% compared to column-based technologies. The RPBs will achieve enhanced capture performance under vessel motions compared to columns, making CycloneCC ideal for offshore operations.
The carbon capture project is in line with MODEC’s decarbonization strategy outlined in its Vision 2034 plan, specifically the goal of reducing CO2 emissions in its FPSO operations. Once successful, the next stage may include the installation of a commercial, scaled-up CycloneCC unit on MODEC’s FPSO fleet.
