Techno-Economic Analysis of CO₂ Capture-Ready Coal-Fired Power Plants

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1510792· OSTI ID:1510792

Myles, Paul ^[1]; Herron, Steve ^[1]; Grol, Eric ^[2]; Le, Patrick ^[2]; Kuehn, Norma ^[3]

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1. WorleyParsons Group, North Sydney (Australia)
2. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
3. Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA (United States)

This analysis evaluates CO₂ capture-ready supercritical pulverized coal units. Cost and performance results are presented for capture-ready coal units that achieve a 30-year average emission rate of 1,000 Lb CO₂/MWh. The analysis also includes a detailed discussion of the specific elements that comprise a capture-ready unit, as well as different design strategies to minimize costs. The benefits of R&D advances such as 2nd generation CO₂ capture, and additional revenue from CO₂ sales for enhanced oil recovery, are also presented, and are compared to other baseload generation options, such as natural gas combined cycle and nuclear.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0004001
• OSTI ID: 1510792
• Report Number(s): NETL/DOE-2012/1581
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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carbon capture
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