Join IMechE Aberdeen for a deep dive into the technical and commercial case for CCS with visiting Professor Tom Baxter.

The talk will focus particularly on gas fired power stations and hydrogen production combined with CCS, reviewing the technology and the main equipment configurations including flue gas quenchers, blowers, absorbers, regenerators, dryers and compressors.

Deploying CCS introduces a large parasitic energy load resulting from the capture and compression system which reduces power station and process thermal efficiency. Furthermore, gas providers have to deliver additional gas to make up for the energy deficit which results in additional emissions from the gas producing assets. Hence, reducing CCS energy demand has clear benefits.

Energy saving opportunities will be identified and the commercial and technical risks will be discussed together with the control of supply chain fugitive emissions.

We will meet at 6pm for refreshments and a chat prior to the presentation beginning at 6.30pm.

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Speaker(s)

Tom Baxter is a Chemical Engineer with 40 years working in the oil and gas industry. Tom graduated from Strathclyde University in 1975 with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (first class honours) and is a Fellow of the IChemE. He started his career with ICI Petrochemicals, moved to fine chemicals with the Swiss company Ciba-Geigy before taking a position as a Process Engineer in 1980 with BNOC (now part of BP). Here he worked as an Operations Engineer, Development Engineer and Research Manager. In 1991 he left BP and joined Altra Consultants as Technical Manager. He accepted a position as Technical Director with Genesis in 1998 and became the Aberdeen Business Unit Director in 2005. He returned to his role as Technical Director in 2010 together with a position as Senior Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Aberdeen University, which he helped establish. Since 2003 he has been visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University. He is currently a Chemical Engineering consultant providing energy and greenhouse gas reduction expertise.

Address

School of Engineering Room N242

The Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Campus
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7QQ
United Kingdom