scholarly journals Carbon capture and storage as a strategic reserve against China's CO2 emissions

2020 ◽  
pp. 100608
Author(s):  
Congbin Xu ◽  
Jingjing Yang ◽  
Li He ◽  
Wenxia Wei ◽  
Yong Yang ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1362
Author(s):  
Shuhn-Shyurng Hou ◽  
Chiao-Yu Chiang ◽  
Ta-Hui Lin

Oxy-fuel combustion is an effective technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Oxy-combustion for coal-fired power stations is a promising technology by which to diminish CO2 emissions. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to the oxy-combustion characteristics affected by the combustion atmosphere. This paper is aimed at investigating the oxy-fuel combustion characteristics of Australian coal in a 0.3 MWth furnace. In particular, the influences of various oxygen flow rates and recirculated flue gas (RFG) on heating performance and pollutant emissions are examined in O2/RFG environments. The results show that with increases in the secondary RFG flow rate, the temperatures in the radiative and convective sections decrease and increase, respectively. At a lower oxygen flow rate, burning Australian coal emits lower residual oxygen and NO concentrations. In the flue gas, a high CO2 concentration of up to 94.8% can be achieved. Compared to air combustion, NO emissions are dramatically reduced up to 74% for Australian coal under oxy-combustion. Note that the high CO2 concentrations in the flue gas under oxy-coal combustions suggest great potential for reducing CO2 emissions through carbon capture and storage.


2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
B. Hooper ◽  
B. Koppe ◽  
L. Murray

The Latrobe Valley in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin is the location of one of Australia’s most important energy resources—extremely thick, shallow brown coal seams constituting total useable reserves of more than 50,000 million tonnes. Brown coal has a higher moisture content than black coal and generates more CO2 emissions per unit of useful energy when combusted. Consequently, while the Latrobe Valley’s power stations provide Australia’s lowest- cost bulk electricity, they are also responsible for over 60 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year—over half of the Victorian total. In an increasingly carbon constrained world the ongoing development of the Latrobe Valley brown coal resource is likely to require a drastic reduction in the CO2 emissions from new coal use projects—and carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to meet such deep cuts. The offshore Gippsland Basin, the site of major producing oil and gas fields, has the essential geological characteristics to provide a high-volume, low-cost site for CCS. The importance of this potential to assist the continuing use of the nation’s lowest-cost energy source prompted the Australian Government to fund the Latrobe Valley CO2 Storage Assessment (LVCSA).The LVCSA proposal was initiated by Monash Energy (formerly APEL, and now a 100% subsidiary of Anglo American)—the proponent of a major brown coal-to-liquids plant in the Latrobe Valley. Monash Energy’s plans for the 60,000 BBL per day plant include CCS to store about 13 million tonnes of CO2 per year. The LVCSA, undertaken for Monash Energy by the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), provides a medium to high-level technical and economic characterisation of the volume and cost potential for secure geosequestration of CO2 produced by the use of Latrobe Valley brown coal (Hooper et al, 2005a). The assessment’s scope includes consideration of the interaction between CO2 injection and oil and gas production, and its findings have been publicly released for use by CCS proponents, oil and gas producers and all other interested parties as an executive summary, (Hooper et al, 2005b), a fact sheet (Hooper et al, 2005c) and a presentation (Hooper et al, 2005d)).The LVCSA identifies the key issues and challenges for implementing CCS in the Latrobe Valley and provides a reference framework for the engagement of stakeholders. In effect the LVCSA constitutes a pre-feasibility study for the implementation of geosequestration in support of the continuing development of Victoria’s brown coal resources.The LVCSA findings indicate that the Gippsland Basin has sufficient capacity to safely and securely store large volumes of CO2 and may provide a viable means of substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants and other projects using brown coal in the Latrobe Valley. The assessment also indicates that CO2 injection could well be designed to avoid any adverse impact on adjacent oil and gas production, so that CO2 injection can begin near fields that have not yet come to the end of their productive lives. However, CCS proposals involving adjacent injection and production will require more detailed risk management strategies and continuing cooperation between prospective injectors and existing producers.


The use of fossil fuels within the current infrastructure for domestic energy supply is one of the main causes of anthropogenic emissions. The mitigation options to meet the ambitious carbon reduction targets set by the UK government are discussed in this paper, including the use of carbon capture and storage technology, clean renewable energy integration and a proposed system of integrated fuel cell combined heat and power (FC-CHP) technology. Analysis shows that the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology within the current infrastructure can abate half the electricity associated CO2 emissions; however, this comes at a high cost penalty. The emissions associated with domestic heat cannot be prevented without changes in the energy infrastructure. Hydrogen powered fuel cells can provide clean energy at a range of scales and high efficiencies, especially when employed with a CHP system. However, production of CO2 free hydrogen is essential for fuel cell technology to contribute substantially to a low carbon economy globally. In this work three methods were investigated for small scale distributed hydrogen production, namely steam methane reforming, water electrolysis and cold plasma jet. The criteria used for comparisons include the associated CO2 emissions and the cost of energy production. Cold plasma jet decomposition of methane shows a high potential when combined with integrated FC-CHP technology for economically viable and CO2 free generation of energy, especially in comparison to water electrolysis. Including the value of the solid carbon product makes the plasma system most attractive economically.


Energy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 556-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo ◽  
José Luiz de Medeiros ◽  
Lídia Yokoyama ◽  
Cláudia do Rosário Vaz Morgado

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Ade Nurisman ◽  
Retno Gumilang Dewi ◽  
Ucok W.R. Siagian

Diffusion and matrix adsorption simulations in enhanced coalbed methane process. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be considered as one of climate change mitigation efforts, through capturing and injecting of CO2 in underground formations for reducing CO2 emissions. CO2 injection in coalbed methane (CBM) reservoir has potentially attracted for reducing CO2 emissions and enhancing coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery. Diffusion and sorption are phenomenon of gas in the matrix on CO2 injection in CBM reservoir. The objectives of the research are focused on understanding of diffusion and sorption of gas in the coal matrix with mathematical model and estimating of CO2 storage in coalbed and CH4 recovery. In this research, mathematical model is developed to describe the mechanism in the matrix on ECBM process. Mathematical model, which have been valid, is simulated in various variables, i.e. macroprosity (0.001, 0.005, and 0,01), pressure (1, 3, and 6 MPa), temperature (305, 423, and 573 K), and initial fraction of CO2 (0.05, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5). The results of this research show that preferential sequestration of CO2 and preferential recovery of CH4 in the surface of micropore on macroporosity 0.001, pressure 1 MPa, temperature 305 K, and inital fraction CO2 0,5 conditions are 0.9936 and 0.0064.Keywords: carbon capture and storage (CCS), coalbed methane (CBM), ECBM, diffusion, adsorption Abstrak Carbon capture and storage (CCS) dapat dipertimbangkan sebagai salah satu upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim, yaitu dengan menangkap CO2 dan menginjeksikannya ke dalam formasi bawah permukaan. Injeksi CO2 pada lapangan coalbed methane (CBM) berpotensi mengurangi emisi CO2 dan meningkatkan produksi CBM (ECBM). Pada proses injeksi CO2 di lapangan CBM, fenomena yang terjadi di dalam matriks lapisan batubara (coalbed) adalah difusi dan adsorpsi. Penelitian ini bertujuan memahami fenomena difusi dan adsorpsi pada proses injeksi CO2 untuk ECBM melalui model matematika, dan memperkirakan potensi penyimpanan CO2 di dalam lapangan CBM dan potensi recovery CH4. Pada penelitian dilakukan pengembangan model matematika untuk menjelaskan fenomena di dalam matriks pada proses ECBM. Model matematika, yang telah valid, disimulasikan dengan memvariasikan beberapa variabel, yaitu makroporositas (0,001, 0,005, dan 0,01), tekanan (1, 3, dan 6 MPa), suhu (305, 423, dan 573 K), dan fraksi CO2 awal (0,05, 0,1, 0,3, dan 0,5). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pada makroporositas 0,001, tekanan 1 Pa, suhu 305 K, dan fraksi CO2 awal 0,5, fraksi CO2 yang teradsorpsi pada permukaan mikropori bernilai 0,9936 dan sisa fraksi CH4 yang teradsorpsi pada permukaan mikropori bernilai 0,0064. Kata kunci: carbon capture and storage (CCS), coalbed methane (CBM), ECBM, difusi, adsorpsi


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