Callide Oxyfuel Project

TRANSPORT ROUTE

THE PATH TO A CLEANER FUTURE

At the Callide A Power Station, the CO2 is separated and liquefied, ready for transport to the storage site.

This liquid CO2 is pumped into dedicated B-double road tankers, which are insulated to ensure the CO2 remains at a stable temperature. The liquid is loaded and unloaded through high-pressure hoses.

The trucks will be labeled with the dangerous goods Class 2.2 symbol, to identify them as carrying a non-flammable, non-toxic substance.

Although the final site has not been determined there will be up to two trucks per day travelling along the Dawson Highway from the Callide A Power Station to the final geological site.
Cool Fact

 

Compressing 2500 cubic metres of CO2 gas, roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool, will give us 4.6 tonnes of liquid CO2. In the reservoir, at 1500, deep, the CO2 takes up just 8.4 m3, or 300 times less space than the original gas.

Carbon dioxide pipelines are an existing part of the U.S. infrastructure - in fact, there are more than 1,500 miles (2,414 km) of CO2 pipelines in the U.S. today

IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage.


 

TRUCK FACTS

  • B-Double 20 tonne tanker
  • 25 metres long
  • Maximum full weight is 62.5 tonnes
  • The refrigerated vessel has a tank of insulated carbon stell around 25mm thick