Valuing power plant flexibility with CCS: The case of post-combustion capture retrofits

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-649

  Chalmers, Hannah ^a,b   Gibbins, Jon ^b   Leach, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Flexibility; Post combustion capture; Power plant operation; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT;

EID: 84864288221     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9327-5     Document Type: Article

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