Techno-economic appraisal of fossil-fuelled power generation systems with carbon dioxide capture and storage

Reference:

Hammond, G. P., Akwe, O. and Williams, S., 2011. Techno-economic appraisal of fossil-fuelled power generation systems with carbon dioxide capture and storage. Energy, 36 (2), pp. 975-984.

Official URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.012

Abstract

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities coupled to power plants provide a climate change mitigation strategy that potentially permits the continued use of fossil fuels whilst reducing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This process involves three basic stages: capture and compression of CO2 from power stations, transport of CO2, and storage away from the atmosphere for hundreds to thousands of years. Potential routes for the capture, transport and storage of CO2 from United Kingdom (UK) power plants are examined. Six indicative options are evaluated, based on 'Pulverised Coal', 'Natural Gas Combined Cycle', and 'Integrated (coal) Gasification Combined Cycle' power stations. Chemical and physical CO2 absorption capture techniques are employed with realistic transport possibilities to 'Enhanced Oil Recovery' sites or depleted gas fields in the North Sea. The selected options are quantitatively assessed against well-established economic and energy-related criteria. Results show that CO2 capture can reduce emissions by over 90%. However, this will reduce the efficiency of the power plants concerned, incurring energy penalties between 14 and 30% compared to reference plants without capture. Costs of capture, transport and storage are concatenated to show that the whole CCS chain 'cost of electricity' (COE) rises by 27-142% depending on the option adopted. This is a significant cost increase, although calculations show that the average 'cost of CO2 captured' is 15/tCO2 in 2005 prices [the current base year for official UK producer price indices]. If potential governmental carbon penalties were introduced at this level, then the COE would equate to the same as the reference plant, and make CCS a viable option to help mitigate large-scale climate change.

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Item Type	Articles
Creators	Hammond, G. P., Akwe, O. and Williams, S.
DOI	10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.012
Departments	Faculty of Engineering & Design > Mechanical Engineering
Research Centres	Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment
Publisher Statement	HOAW_UK_CCS_Pre-publication.pdf: Set statement from publisher: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy, 36 (2), pp. 975-984. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.012
Refereed	Yes
Status	Published
ID Code	22713

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