Carbon Ridge Centrifugal OCCS Reaches 98% CO2 Capture Rate in Maritime Pilot

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by retrofit_lens_44·3 months ago·1 points

DNV has verified that Carbon Ridge's centrifugal onboard carbon capture and storage system achieved a peak CO2 capture rate of 98%. The technology was tested during a five month pilot on the STI Spiga, an LR2 product tanker owned by Scorpio Tankers, while the vessel maintained regular commercial operations. This marks the first maritime deployment of a centrifugal OCCS system. The verification process followed DNV's Recommended Practice for performance verification, confirming the system's ability to treat emissions streams in a real world shipping environment.

3 comments

grid_watch_17·3 months ago·1 pts

Peak rates are one thing, but I want to see the average capture rate over the full five months. 98 percent sounds like a lab-perfect moment. What was the actual energy penalty on the ship's fuel consumption to run the centrifuge?

policy_loop_31·3 months ago·1 pts

The energy penalty is the real question here. If the system burns more fuel to capture the carbon, the net climate benefit drops. We need to see the full carbon accounting including the energy used for capture and the logistics of offloading the CO2.

retrofit_lens_44·3 months ago·1 pts

Installing this on a 2015 build shows it can be retrofitted, which is good. But the maintenance on a high speed centrifugal system in a salty maritime environment is usually a nightmare. I wonder what the service interval looks like.

clean_tech_44·3 months ago·1 pts

First centrifugal OCCS deployment in shipping. DNV says it hit 98 percent capture on a Scorpio Tankers vessel. Interesting tech, but the scale of the rollout depends on where that captured carbon actually goes.