Carbon Capture Technologies Analyst Briefings July 2008
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Transcript of Carbon Capture Technologies Analyst Briefings July 2008
Carbon Capture Technologies:What Lies Ahead
Elaine Chan, Research Analyst
Energy and Power Systems, Technical Insights
23 July 2008
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Focus Points
• Technology snapshot
• Drivers and challenges for carbon capture technologies
• Emerging trends and key issues
• Key developments and R&D initiatives
• Technology roadmap
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Carbon Capture Technologies
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS) system – Capturing carbon
dioxide from source and permanent storage.
• Carbon capture systems
• Pre – combustion capture
• Post – combustion capture
• Oxy – combustion capture
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Major Challenges for Carbon Capture Technologies
Challenges of
Carbon Capture Technologies
Challenges of
Carbon Capture Technologies
High Costs
Carbon Transport
and Storage
Lack of Regulations
and
Government Support
Demonstration
of Technology Readiness
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Major Drivers for Carbon Capture Technologies
Drivers of
Carbon Capture Technologies
Drivers of
Carbon Capture Technologies
Economic
Returns
Concerns
over Climate Change
Policies,
Regulations and Financial Support
Efficiencies of Pulverized coal
or IGCC Technology
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Emerging Trends
• No clear winner in capture technologies yet.
• Significant reduction of CO2 emissions is dependant on the
adherence to CO2 mitigation policies by large developed and developing economies.
• European Union seems to be leading in
CCS efforts.
• Participation from the United States in
crucial.
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PRE-COMBUSTION CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES
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• Remove carbon content in fuel and produce hydrogen.
• Gas separation methods:
• Conventional physical solvents (i.e. Selexol and Rectisol)
• Membrane separation technologies
• Adsorption
• High concentration and partial pressure of CO2 produced.
• Applications in power industry - IGCC and NGCC.
Technology Snapshot
Gasification / partial
oxidation
Water - gas -shift reactor
Syngas(CO/H2) CO2/H2 Gas
separation
CO2
H2
Steam
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Current Issues and Trends
• Challenge: Development of IGCC
• Key technical issues to overcome:
• Increase reliability
• Lower capital and operational costs
• Lower energy consumption to reduce loss of lower heating value of the synthesis gas
• U.S. Department of Energy: Restructuring of FutureGen in January
2008 delays demonstration of pre-combustion capture technologies.
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Key Developments and R&D
• Most developments in pre-combustion technologies are in research
phase.
• DYNAMIS, Hy2Seps, ENCAP, DECARBit.
• Sorption Enhanced Water Gas Shift (SEWGS) - Air Products, UK
and Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
• Calcium Oxide and Magnesium Calcite Sorbents - Southern Illinois
University in U.S.
• Chemical Looping - Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden
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POST-COMBUSTION CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES
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Technology Snapshot
• Separation of CO2 from the flue gas produced from the
combustion process.
• Ability to retrofit onto existing pulverized coal-fired plants.
• Three methods:
• Absorption
• Adsorption
• Membrane process
• Benchmark technology: Commercial process amine absorption using monoethanolamine (MEA).
• Applications: Natural gas industry, pulverized coal power plants,cement plants, and iron and steel mills.
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Current Issues and Trends
• Challenges:
• Low concentration and partial pressure of
CO2 in flue gas
• Large volumes of flue gas
• Scaling-up
• Developments focused on:
• Lowering energy requirement for absorbent regeneration and CO2 compression;
• Robust absorbents or membranes;
• Reduce footprint of capture system.
• Amine absorption is best available technology.
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Key Developments & R&D
• CESAR project in Europe.
• Ionic liquids - University of Notre Dame, U.S.
• Zeolite imidazolate frameworks - University of California at Los Angeles.
• Converting CO2 into cyclic carbonates - University of Newcastle upon
Tyne in UK.
• High permeability CO2 membranes – Membrane Technology and
Research Inc., U.S.
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Technology Roadmap CCS
• Proof-of-concept
• R&D for optimal solutions
20202020
20152015
20082008
20302030
• Commercial plants with CCS in developed countries
• Innovative concepts
• R&D & conceptual investigations
• Planning for proof-of-concept
• Mature technologies preferred
• Power plants with CCS begins to go global
Source: Frost & Sullivan
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Key Findings & Conclusion
• CCS technologies needs to be developed now.
• Components of CCS that needs to be developed:
• Advancement in capture technologies;
• Advancement of power plant technologies (i.e. high efficiency
power plant);
• Integration of capture, transport and storage.
• Accelerated roll-out of CO2 capture technology
needs a high carbon price, carbon tax, financial
incentives, and regulatory framework.
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