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PureField Ingredients launches carbon capture facility in Kansas
The CCS project captures carbon dioxide from ethanol fermentation, transports it via pipeline to a Class VI injection well six miles away, and the company has started planning an expansion to double capacity.
PureField Ingredients has started operations at a carbon capture and sequestration facility in Russell, Kansas, as the company looks to compete in the low-carbon renewable fuels market, according to World Grain. The plant is described as part of PureField’s integrated setup that processes locally produced wheat and sorghum into functional food ingredients, low-carbon renewable fuel, and animal feed.
The company said the CCS system is designed to capture the high-purity carbon dioxide stream generated during ethanol fermentation. It then compresses the CO2 and transports it through a dedicated pipeline to PureField’s Class VI injection well about six miles away, where the carbon is stored permanently in a deep geologic formation.
PureField estimates the facility will support commercial-scale production of one of the lowest-carbon-intensity fuels in the United States. The project was greenlit by the US Environmental Protection Agency on April 10 under its Class VI Underground Injection Control program after a three-year review.
During a July 29 ribbon-cutting, PureField also announced it has begun the planning process for an expansion intended to double its ethanol production and carbon sequestration capacity. The biofuels facility produces more than 50 million gallons of ethanol annually, and the company said the CCS rollout positions it for a next phase of growth aimed at strengthening demand for Kansas wheat and sorghum.
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