Energy & sustainability Solutions
Mar 04
2024
2024 ME-TECH Honeywell UOP Pre-conference Seminar
As the energy landscape in MENA undergoes a transformative shift to align with global dynamics, the urgency to capitalize on the region's distinct capabilities for setting the benchmark in a successful global energy transition is mounting. The clock is ticking to ensure future economic resilience. While the discussions on global net-zero targets unfolded on the COP28 stage, the focus now shifts to implementing this transition effectively. But where does one start? Honeywell UOP is at the forefront, actively assisting its customers in the region with a suite of readily available solutions tailored to support the sustainable energy market:
- Expanding Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) availability: Honeywell's solutions cover wide range of feedstocks to address the rapidly growing demand for renewable fuels such as SAF. Honeywell's portfolio includes catalyst and technologies such as Ecofining™, Ethanol-to-Jet and UOP eFining™.
- Scaling carbon capture and hydrogen: Honeywell currently has more than 1,100 installations of H2 purification technologies around the world. Retrofitting existing hydrogen production assets with carbon capture technology is a ready-now, commercially proven and significant step towards carbon neutrality. We are working on the world’s largest blue hydrogen plant (Exxon Mobil Baytown), which is being designed to capture 98% of the CO2 produced for CCS. This plant will sequester seven million t/y of CO2.
- NEW technology: Honeywell UOP Naphtha to Ethane/Propane is a bankable investment for sustainable petrochemical production.
Agenda
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 12:35 – 12:45 | Matt Spalding | Keynote Overview |
| 12:45 – 13:05 | Mohammed Rustom |
Low Carbon Ammonia Technology optimization – moving projects forward to achieve Net Zero targetsTo reduce emissions and to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, Hydrogen can avoid 80 Gigatons of cumulative tons of CO2 emissions by 2050, contributing to 20% of the total abatement needed in 2050 to reach net-zero emissions targets.1 Moreover, this needs to start with emissions reduction initiatives now – to be on track for net-zero emissions by 2050, the Hydrogen Council estimates that approximately $700B USD in investments needs to be made by 2030, and only 3% of that is capital that is committed today.2 While this is an ambitious target, it can’t be done expense of global energy security, an energy driven economy and ultimately, societal well-being. The focus of this presentation will be to show how ready-now technologies in low carbon Hydrogen production can be implemented today at an impactful scale, and how these solutions can be tailored to the production of low carbon Ammonia as a Hydrogen carrier to minimize the Carbon Intensity and levelized cost of Ammonia. |
| 13:05 – 13:20 | Valentina Di Mauro |
Connecting the Hydrogen Value Chain with the Honeywell LOHC Solution(2nd priority)Hydrogen is the fuel of the future – ready to play a critical role in countries’ and companies’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen production capacities and costs– particularly for green hydrogen – vary widely across the world therefore meeting growing requirements for hydrogen use across industries and the world will need cost-effective transportation solutions. The ready-now Honeywell LOHC solution enables long-distance transportation of clean hydrogen and can help meet the growing requirements for hydrogen use across various industries by leveraging existing refining assets and infrastructure. |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Nikunj Tanna |
Carbon Capture – A Path To Carbon Neutrality Accelerates TodayHoneywell-UOP has been licensing technologies to the refining and petrochemical industries since more than 100 years and to the gas processing industries for almost 50 years. With strong R&D and collaborations as well acquisitions, its portfolio includes various technologies based on chemical and physical solvents, adsorbents, membrane as well as cryo fractionation; suitable for the CO2 Capture initiative, for the various hard to abate industries; such as power, steel, cement, etc. At the METECH 2024, Honeywell-UOP will present an overview of its gamut of technologies for the CO2 Capture applications. Also, experiences will be shared to showcase, how an optimized-combination of Honeywell-UOP’s technologies can make the cause of CO2 Capture economically feasible, through a managing licensor approach. Further, a brief introduction of Honeywell-UOP’s capabilities beyond licensing will be presented; including modular supply, training – start-up services, complex-wide optimization, etc. |
| 13:40 – 13:55 | Coffee-break |
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| 13:55 – 14:15 | Bill Whyman |
Waste Treatment Solutions for The Refinery of the Future: UOP nViro™ Solutions• nViro Solutions as a pathway to improved economics & reduced utility consumption • Reliable, efficient, on-site treatment for Merox process waste with UOP nViro MET. • Streamlined, cost-effective treatment for Oleflex process waste with UOP nViro OET. |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Avijit Basu |
RECOVERYMAX Solution to Enhance SustainabilityPlatforming technology allows refineries to convert Naphtha into higher octane reformate for motor fuel or feed to aromatic complex. Hydrogen, LPG and Off Gas are other byproducts from this process. UOP’s RecoveryMaxTM process allows 99% hydrogen and 85% LPG recovery by purifying this byproduct and not diverting to fuel gas header. This is a recovery increase of 5% higher for hydrogen and 30% higher for LPG than conventional design. Revamps of existing Platforming unit to take advantage of RecoveryMax are possible with minimal equipment replacement. RecoveryMax process is a commercially proven solution and 7 out of 10 new platformings include this in flow scheme. |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Leo Bresler |
Monetizing opportunities created by energy transition with effective production of petrochemicalsAccelerating energy transition and CO2 emission reduction efforts may impact disposal of many typical refinery products, from reformate and FCC gasoline, to kerosene and fuel oil components. Transitioning production of those fuels into petrochemicals reduces Scope 2 emissions and routes them to long term growing markets. In many cases routine revamping of existing units and/or modest additional processing would allow for such transition to be realized. Honeywell UOP offers a number of technologies making the transition more streamlined and profitable. |
| 14:55 – 15:15 | Q&A session |
