Cost Reductions in Carbon Capture through System and Technology Optimization

Carbon capture systems are often mentioned when discussing means of combatting anthropogenic climate change by capturing CO₂ from point emission sources and either utilizing it to produce green fuels or sequestering it safely in geological formations. The high cost of purchasing and operating CO₂ capture systems has been the primary reason for why CO2 capture still is at a low level of implementation in the world. A more wide-spread application of CO₂ capture will depend on the future cost of the solution. This in turn is closely associated with the scale of capture, transport and storage solutions. This PhD project will investigate the potential for reducing the overall costs of CO₂ capture from flue gas streams from industrial and energy generation facilities. There are several ways that this penalty can be reduced significantly. These are described in the following:

The PhD project is expected to develop roadmaps for how CO₂ capture systems may be optimally integrated in CO₂ emitting facilities. This is projected to improve the overall economy of integrating CO₂ capture systems leading to a much more widespread implementation of CO₂ capture. This can be a “silver bullet” in combatting anthropogenic climate change by rapidly decarbonizing entire industrial sectors and hopefully enabling us to achieve the targets of the Paris agreement.

Main supervisor:

Philip Loldrup Fosbøl

Co- supervisor:

Christian Riber (Rambøll)

Brian Elmegaard (DTU MEK)