The British coal global warming R&D programme

The threat of possible global warming is sufficient to warrant ‘least regrets’ measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and investigation of fallback options, such as carbon dioxide removal from coal-fired power plants. The Global Warming R&D Programme is investigating carbon dioxide rem...

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Published in:Energy conversion and management 1992, Vol.33 (5), p.803-811
Main Authors: Topper, J.M., Bower, C.J., Summerfield, I.R., Hughes, I.S.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon Dioxide Disposal
Carbon Dioxide Removal
CO 2
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
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Summary:The threat of possible global warming is sufficient to warrant ‘least regrets’ measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and investigation of fallback options, such as carbon dioxide removal from coal-fired power plants. The Global Warming R&D Programme is investigating carbon dioxide removal options, sometimes called ‘Low CO 2 Power Generation’. An assessment programme has estimated the thermal efficiency of a number of process schemes and concluded that gasification based systems, with the addition of a CO shift reactor and CO 2 scrubbers or a membrane gas separator, provide promising approaches. A clean hydrogen fuel would be fired in a gas turbine and 90% of the CO 2 removed and exported as a liquid stream for storage in exhausted oil or gas fields. Costs of such power plants are now being explored and a collaborative programme is commencing with membrane developers, with the aim of developing and testing membranes for this duty. The paper outlines the background and describes preparation for experimental work using CO 2/H 2 separating membranes.
ISSN:0196-8904
1879-2227
DOI:10.1016/0196-8904(92)90087-D