Training Registration for **CANCELED** Carbon Capture Masterclass 2025 with HVC Pilot Plant Tour

CANCELED
Carbon Capture Masterclass with tour of HVC Pilot Plant in Alkmaar
Co-Hosted by Hovyu and Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
Dates:
April  2nd – 4th, 2025
Location:
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Cost:
Euro€ 2,500 (early bird)
Euro€ 1,800 Academia (only 5 slots available)
Time
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3 (not aligned with timetable)
08:30 – 09:00
Welcome
Welcome
09:00 – 10:30
Amine Absorption – Introduction
Basic Chemistry review and properties overview
Amines overview
Why amines are used for CO2 capture
Types of amines used

Heat requirements and process characteristics (optimal range of operation) – Understanding the SRD curve
Optimal solvent circulation
Why there is minimal energy
Estimate the minimum energy

Bus to HVC in Alkmaar
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Lessons learned from campaigns
10:45 – 12:15
CO2 Capture Process
Basic configuration (main equipment roles)
Energy requirements
Advanced process modification

Common amine contaminants
Effect of common contaminants in amine solvents
Solvent degradation
Solvent emission mitigation and management techniques

Current projects
12:15 – 13:30
Lunch
Lunch
Plant visit + Q&A
13:30 – 15:00
Amine absorption – Part 2
Basic Flow Diagram (and some advanced configurations)
Basic flowsheet, role of all equipment
Intercooler, Mechanical Vapor Recompression, Split-flow, etc.
Why use process modifications

ProTreat Advanced – Optimization and Excel COM basics
Lunch and return to Rotterdam
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15
ProTreat Overview – Setting up a simulation and results extraction
Breakout Rooms – Hands-on activities
16:15 – 17:20
Breakout Rooms – Hands-on activities
Examples of simulation a basic flow diagram

19:00
Workshop Dinner

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