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Prof. Krzysztof Warmuzinski Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemical Engineering Gliwice, Poland The Capture of Carbon Dioxide: R&D Status and Challenges Slide 2 POST COMBUSTION OXYFUEL COMBUSTION PRE COMBUSTION Slide 3 CAPTURE OPTIONS IN FOSSIL FUEL POWER GENERATION Slide 4 POST-COMBUSTION MATURE TECHNOLOGY Absorption based on chemical solvents (amines) KEY CHALLENGES: reduce the efficiency penalty (process integration, CO 2 enrichment in flue gas) reduce equipment size improve the performance of solvents develop solid sorbents and the relevant processes develop membranes and robust membrane modules Slide 5 OXYFUEL COMBUSTION MATURE TECHNOLOGY Cryogenic air separation KEY CHALLENGES: reduce energy consumption for oxygen production (cryogenic, membrane and adsorptive separation) improve oxyfuel PF and CFB boilers improve oxyfuel gas turbines develop chemical looping combustion systems Slide 6 PRE-COMBUSTION Slide 7 Slide 8 KEY CHALLENGES: improve and scale-up gasifiers (sorption-enhanced) improve water-gas shift process (sorption-enhanced, membrane-enhanced) develop high-temperature separation techniques improve turbine performance for hydrogen-rich fuel Slide 9 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION