B&W and AEP to Demonstrate New Clean Coal Technology for Capture of CO2 Emissions
15 März 2007 - 1:07PM
Business Wire
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) announced today that its
subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (�B&W�), and
American Electric Power (�AEP�) plan to pursue the commercial
viability of a new combustion technology to reduce carbon dioxide
(�CO2�) and other emissions from coal-fired power plants. Under the
terms of a memorandum of understanding (�MOU�) agreement, the
companies will assess the application of oxy-coal combustion as a
retrofit to an existing AEP plant, and work toward the development
of the first oxy-coal commercial validation project in the United
States. Oxy-coal combustion uses pure oxygen for the combustion of
coal in electricity generating plants. In this system, nitrogen
that comes in with the air for the combustion process is
eliminated. As a result, the exhaust gas is a relatively pure
stream of CO2 that is ready for capture and sequestration or
alternative uses such as enhanced oil recovery. Use of this
technology is expected to result in near-zero emissions from
coal-fired electric-generating facilities. B&W has established
a collaboration agreement with American Air Liquide, Inc. for the
continued development of the technology. During the summer of 2007,
B&W will complete a pilot demonstration of the oxy-coal
combustion technology at its Clean Environment Development Facility
(�CEDF�) in Alliance, Ohio. The CEDF is a 30MWth combustion testing
facility that simulates key operating characteristics of a modern,
commercial fossil fuel-fired power plant and includes a pulverized
coal feed system, furnace and convection pass, an air heater, dry
and wet scrubbers, baghouses and an electrostatic precipitator. AEP
will be among the utility participants in B&W�s Oxy-Coal
Combustion Advisory Group in an effort to help bring the potential
users of the technology into the development process. In addition,
as part of the MOU, B&W and AEP will evaluate and select the
most suitable existing AEP plant location for the commercial
application of the oxy-coal combustion technology. B&W will
also provide unit performance and design approximations for
potential carbon capture uses, perform preliminary site equipment
layouts, prepare a detailed scope of work, and develop schedule-
and budget-price estimates. �B&W and AEP have a long history of
working together to advance the technology of electric power
generation,� said Brandon C. Bethards, President, B&W Fossil
Power Group. �We expect that this study will bring us even closer
to identifying a viable carbon-reduction solution for coal-firing
power plants � one that is both economical and environmentally
sound.� The feasibility study is scheduled for completion in the
second quarter of 2008. In addition to the work under the MOU with
AEP, B&W is working with a major Canadian utility to develop a
supercritical pressure, pulverized coal-fired boiler and to assess
the feasibility of proceeding to the construction phase on a new,
near-zero-emissions, 300MW power station utilizing the oxy-coal
combustion technology. In that unit, recovered CO2 would be sold
for enhanced oil recovery operations and eventually sequestrated
underground in stable geologic formations. About the Companies
Present in 72 countries, Air Liquide provides industrial and
medical gases and related services and offers innovative solutions
based on constantly enhanced technologies. These solutions, which
are consistent with Air Liquide�s commitment to sustainable
development, help to protect life and enable customers to
manufacture many indispensable everyday products. Air Liquide is
listed on the Paris stock exchange and is a component of the CAC 40
and Eurostoxx 50 indices (ISIN code FR 0000120073). American Air
Liquide Inc. is Air Liquide�s U.S.-based research and development
company. For more information, visit www.airliquide.com. American
Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the
United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million
customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation�s largest
generators of electricity, owning nearly 36,000 megawatts of
generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation�s largest
electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that
includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines
than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP�s utility
units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in
Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee),
Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of
Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas,
Louisiana and east Texas). The company is based in Columbus, Ohio.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a subsidiary of McDermott
International, Inc., an engineering and construction company, with
specialty manufacturing and service capabilities, focused on energy
infrastructure. McDermott�s customers are predominantly utilities
and other power generators, major and national oil companies, and
the United States Government. With its global operations, McDermott
operates in over 20 countries with more than 20,000 employees.
Additional information on McDermott can be obtained at
www.mcdermott.com. Forward-Looking Comments In accordance with the
Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, McDermott cautions that statements in this press
release, which are forward-looking and provided other than
historical information, involve risks and uncertainties. These
forward-looking statements include statements about new combustion
technology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in
those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no
assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct.
Those statements are made by using various underlying assumptions
and are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including, but
not limited to, risks that the technology may not produce the
expected results or that its commercial application may not be
economically feasible.
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