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Onboard Carbon Capture ROI & Storage Capacity Calculator

Screen onboard carbon capture economics from exhaust generation through capture, energy penalty, liquefied CO2 storage, offloading and permanent-storage logistics. Simple mode gives a fast vessel-level case. Advanced mode separates exhaust sources, capture availability, heat and electrical penalties, tank sizing, terminal costs, lifecycle cash flow and carbon-value sensitivity.

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Need source-by-source capture, liquefaction power, tank sizing or terminal logistics?Click Advanced above. Simple uses disclosed screening assumptions for fuel CO2 factor, liquid CO2 density, operating days, project life and discount rate.
CarbonCaptured & net avoided
StorageTank endurance & offloads
ReturnPayback, NPV & break-even

Fuel & Capture Baseline

Start with annual vessel fuel and the share of emissions that the OCCS can actually treat.

MT/year, main + auxiliary fuel included in the screening case.
Percent removed from the exhaust stream while OCCS is operating.
Share of annual ship emissions routed through the capture system.
Additional fuel-equivalent demand for capture, compression and liquefaction.

Carbon Value & CO2 Logistics

USD/MT.
USD/tCO2 of qualifying avoided emissions.
USD/tCO2 captured, including shore logistics if appropriate.
m3. Simple applies a 90% usable fill factor and 1.10 t/m3 density.

Project Economics

USD, installed vessel project.
USD/year, excluding extra bunker and variable CO2 handling.
Simple assumptions: fuel CO2 factor 3.114 tCO2/MT fuel, liquid CO2 density 1.10 t/m3, 90% usable tank fill, 300 OCCS operating days/year, 10-year real-term screen and 8% discount rate. Extra fuel emissions are conservatively treated as uncaptured. Use Advanced to replace these assumptions.
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Advanced separates physical capture from carbon-accounting value.Captured tonnes, energy-penalty emissions and tank demand are calculated physically. Only the operator-entered eligible share receives carbon value.

Project & Economic Basis

years
%/year
%/year
USD/MT
%/year
USD/tCO2
%/year
% of net avoided CO2 that qualifies for the entered carbon value.
USD at end of analysis.

Exhaust Source Register

Model each fuel-consuming source that may or may not be connected to OCCS. Capture is reduced by both treated share and technical availability.

UseSourceAnnual fuel MTFuel EF tCO2/MTTreated %Capture %Availability %

Capture Energy & Operating Cost

% of treated fuel while OCCS is available. Set lower if waste heat supplies reboiler duty.
kWh per tCO2 captured for fans, pumps, compression/liquefaction.
kg fuel/MWh equivalent. Enter 185 for 0.185 kg/kWh.
tCO2/MT fuel.
USD/tCO2 captured.
USD/year.
%/year

CO2 Storage & Offtake

m3
t/m3 planning density.
% of gross volume available for stored product.
days/year with meaningful capture operation.
operating days.
t/hour during shore discharge.
USD/tCO2 captured.
USD per offload event.

Installed Project Cost

% of equipment + integration + tanks + engineering.
days
USD/day

Project Readiness Checks

Stress Cases

Stress the variables most likely to move OCCS economics. Multipliers apply to the Advanced base case.

CaseCarbon valueCapture performanceEnergy penaltyLogistics costCAPEX
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