Electric Power ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 144-149.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2014.8.144.5

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Technical and Economic Evaluation of Whole-Process CCUS

NIU Hong-wei1, GAO Shi-wang2, LIU Lian-bo1, WANG Jin-yi1   

  1. 1. China Huaneng Group Clean Energy Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China;
    2. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2014-01-09 Online:2014-08-18 Published:2015-12-10

Abstract: The economics of the carbon capture, utilization and storage(CCUS) technology is determined by the suitable technologies selected in the stages of the whole process of CCUS in coal-fired power plants. In this paper, the technologies adopted in the CO2 capture, compression, transportation and enhanced oil recovery under different conditions are derived through itemized comparison. Then the influencing factors of the technologies are analyzed in the aspects of construction investment and operation costs with some optimization measures proposed. Through the comparison between three CCUS schemes assuming each with the capacity of 1 million tons per year for different power plant and oil field compositions, it is concluded that the CO2 transmission distance is the major factor influencing the total construction cost. However, the cost increase from the average transmission distance may be compensated by the completion of medium-long term plan for common CO2 transmission piping networks.

Key words: coal-fired power generation, carbon dioxide(CO2), capture, compression, transportation, enhanced oil recovery, technologies and economics, CCUS

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