Our solution to CCS involves:

  • Research and development of the optimal concept of COcapture by post-combustion method (capture from flue gas after fossil fuel combustion); Technical design of a COabsorption capture system from flue gas and optimal integration of the system into the process of power generation with regards to the specified power output and fuel; Evaluation of impacts of integration of the capture system on the operational costs and price of electricity;
  • Research of post-combustion technology:
    • ammonia absorption,
    • low-temperature adsorption on solid sorbents,
    • high-temperature sorption on CaO (so-called carbonate loop);
  • Research and development of the optimal concept of COcapture by the oxyfuel method (pure oxygen combustion); Design of an oxygen burning boiler for the specified power output and fuel; Evaluation of operational costs of a power station with oxyfuel combustion and capture of CO2;
  • Research and development of the optimal concept of COcapture by pre-combustion method (coal gasification and subsequent capture from synthesis gas); Design of a technical system consisting of integrated coal gasification, treatment, purification and separation of COfrom synthesis gas and subsequent use of gas in a combined cycle for energy generation, with regards to the specified power output and fuel; Evaluation of operational costs and price of electricity;
  • Experimental research equipment:
    • Test unit for research of a low-temperature sorption of CO2 from real flue gas located at the Prunéřov power plant;
    • Test unit for research of a high-temperature sorption at the pressure up to 2.5 MPa.

 

Capture of carbon dioxide

 

  • Development of methodologies for assessing the suitability of a potential repository, assessing migration and the interaction of CO2 with the rock environment,
  • Modeling of CO2migration and interaction with the rock environment,
  • Experimental research of CO2migration and interaction on rocks samples corresponding to rocks in potential storage sites in the Czech Republic,
  • Risk analysis for the safety assessment of CO2storage,
  • The acceptability of CO2storage in geological structures for the public,
  • Economy of transport and storage of CO2.

Chemistry of Fuel Cycle