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Carbon Capture and Storage Fundamentals (CHEN90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2017
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AIMS
This subject aims to provide an overview of the drivers for carbon capture and storage, the technology and the economics.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
This subject will include the following topics:
- Fuel types (coal, oil, gas).
- Other emission sources (natural gas sweetening, cement, iron and steel production)
- Carbon capture using solvent absorption. Other technologies including membranes, adsorbents, chemical looping, cryogenics and gas hydrate technology.
- Carbon dioxide compression and pipeline transport.
- Geological storage – site selection (containment, capacity, injectivity). Reservoir modelling (static and dynamic), storage in coal seams, enhanced coal bed methane recovery, storage in depleted gas reservoirs and saline formations, enhanced oil recovery.
- Long term closure and remediation
- Economics – the economics of carbon capture and storage
- Health and safety, risk assessment and management, legal issues.
Intended learning outcomes
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Understand the operation of coal and gas fired power stations and the integration of carbon capture and storage into this operation.
- Understand the behaviour of carbon dioxide in a geological reservoir and the potential issues with carbon dioxide storage.
- Generate estimates for the cost of carbon capture and storage and its impact on the levelised cost of electricity.
Generic skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written forms
- Skills to work as an efficient and effective team member
Last updated: 3 November 2022