OASE^® blue - Solutions for Flue gas/industrial CO₂

OASE^® blue

From the very beginning, OASE^® blue was developed specifically as an optimized large-scale post-combustion capture (PCC) technology. BASF supplies customers with a customized technology package along with highly stable, low-maintenance innovative solvent solutions for specific applications. With low energy consumption, low solvent losses and an exceptionally flexible operating range OASE^® blue is the paramount technology for use in flue gas carbon capture from sources such as fossil power generation plants or steam turbines.

CO₂ Capture For Utilization

BASF Gas Treating Excellence provides CO₂ capture solutions that support applications ranging from enhanced oil recovery (EOR), urea production and small food grade CO₂ production facilities. Further, the OASE^® technology portfolio is complementary in meeting customer-specific applications. As a consequence, the benefit of implementing OASE^® technology is a CO₂ product available for commercial utilization.

Improving CO₂ Capture with OASE^® blue

Although commercially available, BASF continues the innovative deve­lopment of the OASE^® blue process in a joint project with Linde. Testing is aimed at process optimizations to further reduce the levelized costs of electricity by a cut in the costs of CO₂ capture. In 2011, the U.S. Depart­ment of Energy awarded the cooperation with US­15 million in funding.

Non-Aqueous Solvents

Starting in 2010, BASF joined with U.S. research institute RTI International to develop a new, exceptionally cost-effective technology to capture CO₂. The development project is sponsored by a $2 million cooperative agreement from the DOE. The two partners are developing novel non-aqueous solvent systems that can be recycled and potentially use 40% less energy than conventional processes.

OASE^® is a registered trademark of BASF SE.