K Line's test run to cut emissions
K Line will use a small-scale, marine-use demonstration plant for carbon capture onboard a vessel and conduct research and development on compact facility design, in collaboration with project partners Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and non-profit organisation Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK).
The marine-use CO2 capture demonstration plant will be based on an onshore plant and designed to capture a portion of a vessel’s gas emissions. This project will not only verify the efficacy of capturing and storing CO2 from a vessel’s gas emissions, but also the operability and safety of CO2 capture facilities at sea.
The two-year project began in August 2020 with the launch of a Hazid (hazard identification) evaluation of the demonstration plant and deployment on vessels.
In mid-2021, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding will begin test the operation of the demonstration plant at its factory, and then deploy the plant on K Line’s "Corona Utility", a thermal coal carrier operated for Tohoku Electric Power. (mw)