Advancing industrial decarbonization using CCUS
OLI Systems software solutions supports the design and optimization of carbon capture processes by providing advanced industrial process simulation and extensive chemistry insights. Our expertise in corrosion mitigation aids the development of strategies that effectively reduce corrosion risks, ensuring the safe and reliable transportation and storage of CO2 and hydrogen.
Optimize design and operations
Transforming industrial environments using OLI's deep chemistry insights
OLI process simulation software can be used to optimize CO2 capture, transportation and storage processes, ensuring reliable, operational efficiency. Recent additions to the chemistry within the OLI database allows users to design processes for industrial decarbonization, model CCUS technologies and simulate CO2 impurities, resulting in tailored solutions for efficient carbon capture. OLI solutions provide innovations in corrosion mitigation for optimized CO2 storage and transportation infrastructure and are advancing sustainable decarbonization in industrial environments. All backed by our experts comprehensive knowledge of carbon capture technology, including CCS pipeline design.
TRUSTED SOLUTIONS
The critical role of chemistry-driven insights, from capture to storage.
Water chemistry-based insights are crucial for optimizing the design and troubleshooting of CO2 capture processes. The safe and reliable transportation and storage of CO2 demands a deep understanding of chemistry to uphold asset integrity and ensure safe operation. Efficient operation of electrolyzers for hydrogen production relies on chemistry insights, while sub-surface hydrogen storage necessitates corrosion expertise for maintaining integrity.
Corrosion prediction
OLI's software accurately predicts general, localized and pitting corrosion across a broad range of operating conditions and alloy compositions. OLI has developed new capabilities to accurately predict corrosion due to impurities in dense-phase CO2 to extend the useful life of carbon steel pipelines and containers.
Process simulation
OLI's software can accurately model energy, mass and species balance for complex chemical processes that are dominated by electrolyte and water chemistry behavior. These models can be used to optimize the design and operations performance of CO2 capture and hydrogen production.
Materials selection
Optimal materials selection is essential for enhancing performance, ensuring long-term reliability, and reducing costs, especially when complying with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 40 CFR Part 146 guidelines for Underground Injection Control (UIC) CO2 wells. For decarbonization efforts, choosing the right materials is crucial to prevent corrosion and maintain well integrity in harsh, corrosive environments, particularly when CO2 contains impurities associated with different industrial sources. OLI software provides advanced chemistry and corrosion simulation tools, along with expert guidance, to ensure materials not only meet these stringent EPA regulations but also deliver sustained performance and durability under challenging conditions over time.
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Asset integrity and monitoring
OLI delivers predictive insights that predict mineral scaling, corrosion and process conditions that can be used to develop Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) that provide reliable and safe operating envelopes to mitigate risk and enhance performance. OLI's insights can also be used to specify safe impurity levels for CO2 and H2 emitters.
Water and wastewater treatment
OLI's technology enables clean hydrogen producers to design ultrapure water treatment systems that will increase the operations efficiency of hydrogen production. OLI can also enhance the quality of water and wastewater treatment systems in the secondary processes and systems in CCUS and hydrogen production.
Mineral scaling
Accurately predict the formation of mineral scales as well as scale inhibition that can be used to optimize chemical treatment programs. This capability can also enhance the performance of electrolyzers and secondary equipment like heat exchangers, boilers and evaporators that are susceptible to scaling and fouling.
Corrosion prediction
OLI's software accurately predicts general, localized and pitting corrosion across a broad range of operating conditions and alloy compositions. OLI has developed new capabilities to accurately predict corrosion due to impurities in dense-phase CO2 to extend the useful life of carbon steel pipelines and containers.
Process simulation
OLI's software can accurately model energy, mass and species balance for complex chemical processes that are dominated by electrolyte and water chemistry behavior. These models can be used to optimize the design and operations performance of CO2 capture and hydrogen production.
Materials selection
Optimal materials selection is essential for enhancing performance, ensuring long-term reliability, and reducing costs, especially when complying with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 40 CFR Part 146 guidelines for Underground Injection Control (UIC) CO2 wells. For decarbonization efforts, choosing the right materials is crucial to prevent corrosion and maintain well integrity in harsh, corrosive environments, particularly when CO2 contains impurities associated with different industrial sources. OLI software provides advanced chemistry and corrosion simulation tools, along with expert guidance, to ensure materials not only meet these stringent EPA regulations but also deliver sustained performance and durability under challenging conditions over time.
Learn more
Asset integrity and monitoring
OLI delivers predictive insights that predict mineral scaling, corrosion and process conditions that can be used to develop Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) that provide reliable and safe operating envelopes to mitigate risk and enhance performance. OLI's insights can also be used to specify safe impurity levels for CO2 and H2 emitters.
Water and wastewater treatment
OLI's technology enables clean hydrogen producers to design ultrapure water treatment systems that will increase the operations efficiency of hydrogen production. OLI can also enhance the quality of water and wastewater treatment systems in the secondary processes and systems in CCUS and hydrogen production.
Mineral scaling
Accurately predict the formation of mineral scales as well as scale inhibition that can be used to optimize chemical treatment programs. This capability can also enhance the performance of electrolyzers and secondary equipment like heat exchangers, boilers and evaporators that are susceptible to scaling and fouling.
OLI Cloud Apps
Maximizing capacity of CO2 transportation networks
Through close collaboration with industry leaders, OLI has undertaken extensive research initiatives to gain insights into the chemical behavior involved in CO2 transportation. This research has enabled OLI to develop a powerful Cloud App that serves as a valuable component in achieving carbon capture goals.
OLI understands that pipeline operators face the challenge of maximizing asset utilization and profitability while protecting their networks from corrosive damage. The behavior of impurities in dense phase CO2 transportation is complex and unpredictable, forcing operators to make tough choices between conservative but sub-optimal conditions or risking pipeline failure.
To address this, OLI has conducted extensive thermodynamic studies on impurities like H2S, NOx, SOx, and H2O in CO2 pipelines. They have developed state-of-the-art models to accurately predict corrosive phases or solid formations.
The CO2 Transportation Cloud App empowers users to make data-driven decisions, reduce risk, maintain safe conditions, and maximize asset utilization for CO2 transportation.
The app democratizes predictive models based on first principles, providing a user-friendly experience that helps organizations understand how conditions impact operations and optimize CO2 transportation.
Optimizing CO2 transportation parameters
The CO2 Transportation Cloud App enables users to establish expanded ranges of design and operating parameters. It assists in achieving an optimal balance between cost, capacity and pipeline life when designing transportation networks for assets. The prevailing conservative design limits typically employed tend to inflate overall costs and limit the ability to accommodate a higher volume of loads from operators. These conservative limits are often chosen to err on the side of caution. However, the Cloud App utilizes advanced chemistry and reliable first-principle simulations to facilitate the easy determination of trial-and-error limits, thereby enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
CCUS system health monitoring
Process engineers can now effortlessly monitor and predict corrosion issues in pipelines without the burden of complex software. The OLI CO2 Transportation App offers the capability to run scenarios that expand the range of contaminant levels, enabling higher acceptance rates. This empowers engineers to ensure the optimal periormance and longevity of their systems with ease and efficiency.