Shell and BASF collaborate on carbon capture and storage

        Shell and BASF are collaborating to accelerate the transition to a zero-emissions world. To this end, the two companies are jointly evaluating, mitigating and implementing BASF’s Sorbead® adsorption technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS) before and after combustion. Sorbead adsorption technology is used to dehydrate CO2 gas after it has been captured by Shell carbon capture technologies such as ADIP Ultra or CANSOLV.
        Adsorption technology has several advantages for CCS applications: Sorbead is an aluminosilicate gel material that is acid resistant, has high water absorption capacity and can be regenerated at lower temperatures than activated alumina or molecular sieves. In addition, Sorbead’s adsorption technology ensures that the treated gas is glycol-free and meets stringent pipeline and underground storage requirements. Customers also benefit from a long service life, on-line flexibility and a gas that is right up to specification at startup.
        Sorbead adsorption technology is now included in the Shell product portfolio and is used in numerous CCS projects around the world in line with the Powering Progress strategy. “BASF and Shell have had an excellent partnership over the past few years and I am delighted to see another successful qualification. BASF is honored to support Shell in reaching zero emissions and in its efforts to improve environmental conditions around the world,” says Dr. Detlef Ruff, Senior Vice President Process Catalysts, BASF.
        “Economically removing water from carbon dioxide is critical to the success of carbon capture and storage, and BASF’s Sorbead technology provides an efficient solution. Shell is pleased that this technology is now available internally and that BASF will support its implementation. this technology,” said Laurie Motherwell, General Manager of Shell Gas Treatment Technologies.
     
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