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CO 2 Capture for Fossil Fuel‐Fired Power Plants
Author(s) -
Notz R. J.,
Tönnies I.,
McCann N.,
Scheffknecht G.,
Hasse H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201000491
Subject(s) - retrofitting , combustion , fossil fuel , process engineering , power station , waste management , environmental science , carbon capture and storage (timeline) , engineering , chemistry , electrical engineering , geology , oceanography , structural engineering , organic chemistry , climate change
An overview of technologies for fossil fuel‐fired power plants with drastically reduced CO 2 emissions is given. Post‐combustion capture, pre‐combustion capture, and oxyfuel technology are introduced and compared. Current research results indicate that post‐combustion capture may lead to slightly higher losses in power plant efficiency than the two other technologies. However, retrofitting of existing plants with oxyfuel technology is complex and costly, and retrofitting of pre‐combustion capture is not possible. On the other hand, post‐combustion capture can be retrofitted to existing power plants with only minimal effort. Based on the mature technology of reactive absorption, it can be implemented on a large scale in the near future. Therefore, post‐combustion capture using reactive absorption is discussed here in some detail.