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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — China has completed the loading and unloading of liquid carbon dioxide from ship to ship at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai, Science and Technology Daily reported.
The event marks a major milestone as China has now achieved full cycle operations of carbon dioxide capture, liquefied gas storage, ship-to-ship loading and unloading and recycling, the news release said.
The discharge was made possible by a carbon dioxide capture system developed by an institute under the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), which achieves a comprehensive capture rate of over 80 percent and a capture purity of 99.9 percent.
Efficient and safe transportation of liquid carbon dioxide is critical to the large-scale deployment of carbon capture technology on ships.
The liquid carbon dioxide loading and unloading operation during ship-to-ship operations requires precise vessel positioning, complex piping connections and pressure control. Any slight deviation in operation may lead to risks, said Su Yi, general manager of the environmental protection equipment department at the institute.
Compared with the traditional ship-to-shore CO2 loading and unloading, the ship-to-ship method allows for a quick response to the needs of vessels arriving from different sea areas.
Earlier in May this year, China’s first offshore carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project was put into operation in the Pearl River Estuary Basin in southern China.
CCUS is a new technological approach for low-carbon and highly efficient exploitation of fossil energy sources. -0-