José D Figueroa

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U.S. DOE carbon capture program: Advancing multiple generations of carbon capture solutions laboratory to pilot scale development

Pre-Combustion  Solvents  Sorbents  Membranes  Novel Concepts Post-Combustion  Solvents  So... more Pre-Combustion  Solvents  Sorbents  Membranes  Novel Concepts Post-Combustion  Solvents  Sorbents  Membranes  Novel Concepts 1 st-Generation Technologies-include technology components that are being demonstrated or that are commercially available. 2 nd-Generation Technologies-technologies currently in R&D scheduled to complete large-scale pilot testing by 2020 and complete demonstration scale testing by 2025. Transformational Technologies-emerging technologies in early stages of development that offer the potential for "game-changing" improvements in cost and performance scheduled to complete largescale pilot testing by 2025 and complete demonstration scale testing by 2030.

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Advances in CO2 capture technology—The U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2008

There is growing concern that anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions are contributing to g... more There is growing concern that anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions are contributing to global climate change. Therefore, it is critical to develop technologies to mitigate this problem. One very promising approach to reducing CO 2 emissions is CO 2 capture at a power plant, transport to an injection site, and sequestration for long-term storage in any of a variety of suitable geologic formations. However, if the promise of this approach is to come to fruition, capture costs will have to be reduced. The Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program is actively pursuing this goal. CO 2 capture from coal-derived power generation can be achieved by various approaches: post-combustion capture, pre-combustion capture, and oxy-combustion. All three of these pathways are under investigation, some at an early stage of development. A wide variety of separation techniques is being pursued, including gas phase separation, absorption into a liquid, and adsorption on a solid, as well as hybrid processes, such as adsorption/membrane systems. Current efforts cover not only improvements to state-of-the-art technologies but also development of several innovative concepts, such as metal organic frameworks, ionic liquids, and enzyme-based systems. This paper discusses the current status of the development of CO 2 capture technology.

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