Effective retrofitting of post-combustion CO2 capture to coal-fired power plants and insensitivity of CO2 abatement costs to base plant efficiency

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-438

  Lucquiaud, Mathieu ^a   Gibbins, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Economics; Post combustion capture; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; RETROFITTING; STEAM ENGINEERING; STEAM TURBINES;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; PLANT EFFICIENCY; POST-COMBUSTION CAPTURES; RETROFIT; RETROFIT INTEGRATION; STEAM TURBINE RETROFITS; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955582369     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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