A Technical and Economical Evaluation of CO 2 Capture from Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Flue Gas

Environmental issues, related to greenhouse gas and among them CO 2 , are becoming short term challenges. Pressure on industries and therefore on refining to limit and manage CO 2 emissions will be reinforced in next few years. Refining industry is responsible for about 2.7% of global CO 2 emissions. Fluidized Catalytic Cracking unit (FCC), one of the main process in refining, represents by itself 20% of the refinery CO 2 emissions. As FCC unit is present in half of the refining schemes, it is challenging to find tech-nologies to manage its emissions. Based on an industrial case, the aims of the presented work are to determine if amine technology HiCapt + , developed for power plant, might be a relevant solution to manage FCC CO 2 emissions and to evaluate the additional cost to be supported by refiners.