"CC-Ocean" Project in Partnership with "K" Line and ClassNK Part of Japan Government Initiative to Support Development
of Marine Resource Technologies
- Verification testing, a world first on actual voyage, operability and safety evaluations to support practical
application of the Marine-based CO2 Capture System.
- Installation of the equipment completed on board a coal carrier for Tohoku Electric Power operated by "K" Line.
TOKYO, Aug 5, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Group, has been working in cooperation with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), to
conduct test operations and measurements for a small scale demonstration plant of the "Marine-based CO2 Capture System",
in order to verify the equipment's use. The equipment has now been installed on board the CORONA UTILITY, a coal carrier
for Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. operated by "K" Line, at MHI's Honmoku Plant at the Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works.
This project is being conducted with support from the Maritime Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT), as part of its assistance project for research and development of technological
advancements in marine resource development. The demonstration involves converting the design of an existing CO2 capture
system for onshore power plants to a marine environment, and installing it on board an actual ship in service. This
project, called "Carbon Capture on the Ocean" (CC-Ocean), is intended to achieve CO2 capture at sea, a world first.
Specialist Mitsubishi Shipbuilding engineers will travel on the ship during its voyage, providing commissioning of the
compact CO2 capture demonstration plant, and conducting performance evaluation assessments while at sea, as well as
analysis of the separated and recovered CO2. By the end of fiscal 2021, MHI and "K" Line will conduct verification tests
with the ship crew operating the demo plant, and evaluate its safety and operability, with the aim of practical
application of the system as a marine-based, compact CO2 recovery system.
This is the world's first demonstration test to be conducted during actual ocean navigation. The knowledge gained will
be used for future development of technologies and systems to capture CO2 from the exhaust gases of marine equipment and
ships. Further, the captured CO2 can be recycled for use as raw material in synthetic fuel, providing a significant
contribution to reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, amid rising awareness of decarbonization globally since the enactment of the Paris Agreement,
is continuing its efforts to find solutions for reducing GHG emissions from ships and marine equipment, and is
contributing to environmental conservation. This project is part of MHI Group's initiative for energy transformation
(shift to energy with a low environmental load), and will contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality on a global
scale.
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