The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Canada's Natural Resources Canada have opened a 1 MWh facility to explore the use of oxy-fired pressurised fluidized bed combustion (oxy-PFBC) process in capturing CO2 more efficiently and economically from coal-fired power plants and how it can advance commercialisation of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the US and Canada. " The technology is very promising The oxy-PFCB process improves the efficiency of this process by concentrating the CO2 produced prior to combustion of fuel in the turbine, thereby greatly reducing the cost of capturing the CO2. but there are still many challenges that need to be overcome before we see widespread commercial deployment," said Dr David Keith, Director General at DOE.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Canada's Natural Resources Canada have opened a 1 MWh facility to explore the use of oxy-fired pressurised fluidized bed combustion (oxy-PFBC) process in capturing CO2 more efficiently and economically from coal-fired power plants and how it can advance commercialisation of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the US and Canada. "The technology is very promising but there are still many challenges that need to be overcome before we see widespread commercial deployment," said Dr David Keith, Director General at DOE.