Mark Elliott - following graduation from the University of Northumbria with a degree in Applied Chemistry he joined NWG Environmental Solutions, previously Northumbrian Water Scientific Services and AES, 28 years ago. During his time at Northumbrian Water he worked in various roles within the Air Quality department and has worked on a wide range of industrial sites, carrying out a wide range of emissions tests. In 2017 the NWG Air Quality business was acquired by Exova Catalyst (now Element Materials Technology), the largest test house in the UK, where Mark now works as Technical Manager. Mark is also an active contributor and officer of the Source Testing Association, where he has served as Chairman, Health and Safety officer and Technical Officer over the years
One of the prominent abatement methods utilised within carbon capture. When installing a carbon capture system and deciding on the solvent type to use, there will be a requirement to assess the likely emissions and environmental impact of the process, through pilot tests. There are established and approved methods of measuring amines, however the reaction compounds and expected low levels present a challenge for these techniques and there is limited information available on expected emission levels and impacts. In this talk we will look at current techniques, and their limitations, as well as looking at some of the techniques that have been tested in the absence of detailed standards for some of the reaction compounds processes to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas is to use amine solvents. These amines react with the CO2 to allow capture as a salt, but will inevitably result in the release of some of the amine solvents and other amine compounds formed within the process via reaction/degradation.