Samsung Engineering, Carbon Clean target onboard carbon capture and storage

London-based tech firm Carbon Clean and South Korea’s Samsung Engineering have agreed to examine the possibility of installing Carbon Clean’s modular carbon capture system on vessels.

PHOTO: Carbon Clean's carbon capture system (on left) in a factory. LinkedIn of Carbon Clean's chief executive officer Aniruddha Sharma

According to Carbon Clean, its patented technology uses a solvent made up of amines and salts to effectively capture carbon emissions from flue gases.

It can “be used with source gases that contain [carbon dioxide] CO2 concentrations between 3% and 25% by volume,” the company has explained on its website. “The process produces CO2 with purities ranging from 95% to 99%, which can then be sold, re-used, or sequestered,” it claims.

The modular unit can be easily installed onboard a vessel to capture CO2 from exhaust gases, according to Carbon Clean.

Additionally, the company claims its technology may lower the operational cost of capturing CO2 emissions to $40/mt, compared to around $70/mt using conventional technologies.

The trend toward onboard carbon capture

“Onboard carbon capture is expected to play a vital role in tackling emissions from shipping in the mid-term by enabling ships to capture the CO2 they emit while operating - plugging the gap while low-carbon fuels, such as green ammonia, methanol and hydrogen, and the associated onshore infrastructure, are developed and scaled up,” Carbon Clean has said.

This statement reiterates findings from a DNV report that highlighted the potential of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCSS) as an option "beyond fuels" to combat maritime emissions.

DNV underscored that OCSS would allow ships to use fossil-based fuels while significantly reducing emissions. This would ease the burden of producing green and blue fuels, like e-methanol or blue ammonia, to meet shipping demand.

By Konica Bhatt

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