Carbon dioxide mineralisation and integration with flue gas desulphurisation applied to a modern coal-fired power plant

Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems and Processes, ECOS 2012

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-102

  Zevenhoven, Ron ^a   Fagerlund, Johan ^a   Björklöf, Thomas ^a,b   Mäkelä, Magdalena ^a   Eklund, Olav ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Neste Oil Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Desulphurisation; Large scale application

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE PROCESS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DESULFURIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; SERPENTINE; SILICATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DESULPHURISATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MAGNESIUM SILICATE MINERALS; MINERAL SEQUESTRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84896522023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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