- Job: Vice President Marketing
- Specialist Subject: Process gas and air equipment
Enabling the CCUS process
The compressors and expanders offered by Ulrich and his team can enable all key stages of CCUS, from capturing to storage. The best part is that the equipment already is available on the market.
“Our technologies are integral to the entire journey, either as part of the capturing process itself or applied downstream, for example to boost CO2 for transport in pipelines or for underground storage. When it is to be transported on carriers, our products can support the CO2 liquefaction. When captured CO2 is to be reused, for example in e-methanol processes, our equipment can be applied to compress the gas,” says Ulrich..
Overcoming Challenges
To remain at the forefront of carbon capture, Ulrich and his team are in continuous dialogue with customers and their process designers. The innovation flow covers both modifications of existing products and additional R&D investments. However, CCUS is facing cost issues and without governmental support, projects may have a hard time to move ahead.
“Together with the sales team, we try to identify realistic opportunities and how to utilize our global engineering and production resources to help our customers move ahead,” says Ulrich.
One of Ulrich’s proudest achievements is the recent sale of the largest gas compressor Atlas Copco Group has ever built. This compressor is part of a customer’s initiative to recover CO2 from natural gas for net-zero power production.
The opportunities are promising, but there are also several challenges.
