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 accurately models Steam Methane Reforming (SMR), Auto-thermal Reforming (ATR) and other hydrogen producing technologies (including Electrolysis) to look at converting LPG, naphtha and natural gas to hydrogen, along with the emissions impact of those processes themselves.
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.
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.
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.”
