Application of Advanced Technologies for CO2 Capture From Industrial Sources

Abstract The great majority of the research on CO 2 capture worldwide is today devoted to the integration of new technologies in power plants, which are responsible for about 80% of the worldwide CO 2 emission from large stationary sources. The remaining 20% are emitted from industrial sources, mainly cement production plants (∼7% of the total emission), refineries (∼6%) and iron and steel industry (∼5%). Despite their lower overall contribution, the CO 2 concentration in flue gas and the average emission per source can be higher than in power plants. Therefore, application of CO 2 capture processes on these sources can be more effective and can lead to competitive cost of the CO 2 avoided with respect to power plants. Furthermore, industrial CO 2 capture could be an important early-opportunity application, or a facilitate demonstration of capture technology at a relative small scale or in a side stream. This paper results from a collaborative activity carried out within the Joint Programme on Carbon Capture and Storage of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA CCS-JP) and aims at investigating the potentiality of new CO 2 technologies in the application on the major industrial emitters.