Honeywell to refit Indiana plant for CCS, hydrogen

US-traded Honeywell said April 12 it was selected to help capture CO₂ and produce clean hydrogen energy from a repurposed clean coal gasification plant in Indiana.

Wabash Valley Resources chose a range of Honeywell technologies to produce hydrogen energy and capture and store as much as 1.65mn mt of CO₂/year from a gas facility in West Terre Haute, Indiana. Wabash Valley acquired the plant, originally a coal gasification facility supplying syngas to a nearby combined cycle power station, and converted it to produce ammonia fertiliser from petroleum coke sourced from crude oil refineries in the area.

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From the plant, Honeywell said its fractionation technology will produce a liquid stream of carbon dioxide, while at the same time separating a stream of hydrogen that will be purified through secondary processes.

“The CO₂ stream will be sent for permanent geological storage, while the hydrogen stream can fuel a hydrogen turbine to generate electrical power,” the company explained.

Hydrogen can also be used in the transportation sector.

A study from the US Department of Energy estimated that new uses for hydrogen in the energy sector could generate as much as $140bn in revenue and create some 700,000 jobs by 2030.

"This project will allow for market access to clean hydrogen, as well as support the domestic growth of the hydrogen economy,” Dan Williams, the managing director at Wabash Valley Resources, said.

Honeywell estimated that the facility will be among the largest of its kind in the United States.