Identify and quantify the source of the emissions. Then, evaluate project options to eliminate those emissions and model their impact on reduction targets and business performance.
Scope 1 and 2 emissions are those the assets produce or produce on their behalf. Process and Energy modeling will identify, map and quantify Scope 1 and 2 emissions at each asset. Most will derive from burning fossil fuels.
Using detailed and accurate process and energy models to evaluate their impact on emissions reduction, carbon intensities, process integration and business performance.
Petro-SIM has built-in capabilities to calculate and allocate energy intensities, including allowing for inefficient energy performance, to accurately calculate individual carbon intensities.
Petro-SIM v7.4 can now accurately model green hydrogen production producing technologies. The following electrolyser models are now available: Alkaline, Proton Exchange Membrane and Solid Oxide. Engineers can design and create digital twins of an entire green energy process. The need of a computer tool for engineering design, operation, optimization and even for R&D is now in high demand. With the careful planning and due diligent engineering work, operators can also be able to achieve relatively low hydrogen production costs, and enjoy substantial tax credits, which at this moment in the U.S. could be up to 3 US$/kg of hydrogen, if the lifecycle GHG missions don’t exceed 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2.
Petro-SIM has detailed modeling of all major carbon capture technologies, such as chemical absorption processes, physical adsorption, cryogenic, and pressure swing capture technologies, including emerging high-temperature process technologies for FCC stack carbon capture.
The detailed behavior of carbon dioxide transport can be modeled using KBC's Multiflash® and subsequent geo-sequestration can be modeled using Maximus®, fully integrated with Petro-SIM.
Membrane degradation in electrolysers can cause a hazardous phenomenon called hydrogen crossover, also known as hydrogen-to-oxygen (HTO). Hydrogen migrates from the cathode to the anode side contaminating the oxygen product during the water electrolysis. If the hydrogen concentration exceeds 2% it poses a great hazard, this threshold has been agreed in the International Standard ISO22734. The enhanced water electrolyser model implemented in the Petro-SIM v7.5 considers the contributions of diffusion and convection to the mass flux of HTO, using the hydrogen concentration and operating pressure differences between the cathode and anode as the driving forces for mass transfer.
Petro-SIM gives a comprehensive plant view of integrated processes and electrical power users allows for studies of the impact of electricity use on fuel gas balance, steam balance, and utility systems to maintain balance and optimize emissions reduction. This includes an extensive library of gas turbine makes and models. The Visual MESA® toolkit allows for the evaluation of designs and real-time optimization of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, including accounting for forecast variability over any time frame to maximize the use of green electrical sources
KBC’s suite of tools includes Maximus and Multiflash which model the compression, liquefaction, pumping, and geo-sequestration of carbon dioxide from a hydraulic and thermodynamic perspective. This allows accurate sizing and costing of these systems and thereby their impact on business performance and returns.
Our solution enables organizations to effectively track carbon footprint and mange energy consumption. It provides actionable insights to reduce emissions. Our platform allows you to monitor GHG emissions, apply different decarbonization strategies through simulation to lower the emissions and select the most economical feasible, environmentally efficient option.
Petro-SIM simulation helps you in evaluating and investigating the decarbonization strategies of olefin plant steam crackers, with minor changes to the current steam cracker furnace.
These offered strategies include:
A client in Asia needed a comprehensive assessment of carbon capture technologies at five industrial sites. This included an assessment of technology options, the impact of each option on Scopes 1 and 2 emissions, integration of new emissions reduction investments on existing plant balances, and economic evaluations of best options.
Senior Consultant & Team Lead
“My excitement at working on the Visual MESA real-time energy optimization solutions is that we can offer world-class technology solutions, which allow our clients to optimize their energy usage and emissions reduction in either open loop (operator initiated optimization) or closed loop (automatic optimization) environments. This is where digitalization and technology can result in achieving our clients’ decarbonization goals immediately.”
