Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen production from underground coal gasification (UCG) in Western Canada with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) for upgrading bitumen from oil sands

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 428-440

  Olateju, Babatunde ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Coal; Natural gas; Techno economic assessment; Underground coal gasification

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIZATION; COAL; COMPETITION; COST ESTIMATING; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS; OIL SANDS;

CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION COSTS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL; UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BITUMEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROGEN;

CANADA;

EID: 84878886829     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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