Carbon Capture & Conversion Institute
Facilities
Located inside BC Research’s Technology Commercialization and Innovation Centre, the CCCI is a one-stop shop combining engineering capabilities with scale-up and manufacturing expertise.
Our natural gas-fired boiler is able to generate flue gas that provides up to one tonne of CO2 per day for carbon capture technology testing. Impurities can be added to the CO2 to replicate flue streams from coal and natural gas power generation, well-stack flaring, chemical, petrochemical, steel and cement manufacturing processes.
We test a wide range of capture and conversion technologies at various Technology Readiness Levels including:
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- Solvent-based systems
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- Membrane capture technologies
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- Solid sorbents for carbon capture
- Thermal, chemical, electrochemical and biological conversion systems
Facility Information
- 35,000 sq. ft. pilot plant area
- 3,000 sq. ft. fenced area with services
- Wet laboratories & analytical room (GCs, GCMS, AAS, etc.)
- Electrochemical Lab. VERSASTAT4-500
- DC voltammetry & corrosion system
- 20A current buster
- Skid and pilot plant assembly shop
- Machine shop
- Meeting rooms
- Office space
Utilities
| Flue gas (unconditioned) | Up to 1 tonne/day CO2 |
| Flue gas (conditioned) | CO2: to 25%
SO2: 32 – 6000 ppm NO: 20 – 4000 ppm NO2: 5 – 240 ppm CO: 20 – 3600 ppm |
| Steam | 140 psig |
| Compressed air | 100 psig |
| Cooling water | 150 kW |
| Chilled water | 50 kW |
| Natural gas | 3 MW equivalent (~110 m3/hr |
| Electrical power | 1200A / 600V |
| Potable water | 2” diameter line |
For more information contact:
Brian Mellor
Director Programs and Partnerships
T: (403) 471-1372
