Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration: Hope or Hype?
Global warming is one of the biggest threats to our plant. One of the biggest contributor to global warming is Carbon Dioxide, which produces more than 60% of our Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Carbon Dioxide is a natural and a vital part of life; however, the world is experiencing a rapid population and economic growth, which leads to a rapid increase in the energy demand. The increase in energy demand, increases the Greenhouse gas emissions beyond our plant capacity; therefore, the process of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) was used reduced the Carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is the process of capturing Carbon Dioxide, at the source of …show more content…
3. The Flow Diagram of the Oxy-Fuel Method
Theoretically, The Post-Combustion process is the best option as it can be applied to any power plant that is burning any carbon based fuel; therefore, it could be retrofitted to any existing power plants without interrupting the manufacturing process or add extra cost to adjust the production line. Pre-Combustion and Oxy-Fuel both alter the fuel before manufacturing it, so it adds extra cost to the process; however, both, Pre-Combustion and Oxy-Fuel are more suitable for new built plants as they will provide better and more efficient sequestration process.
The second phase of the CCS is storing the Carbon Dioxide. Storing Carbon Dioxide after capturing it is one of the most controversial topics in the past few decades. There are two methods to store Carbon Dioxide, besides, the storage for Fuel Enhancement:
• Geologic Storage: Injecting Carbon Dioxide through pipes -6000 ft. – -7000 ft. underground
• Oceanic Storage: Injecting the Carbon Dioxide in the sea floor as it will take advantage of the pressure and temperature of the ocean, and the fact that Carbon Dioxide is much denser than water, which then could create a lake of Carbon Dioxide …show more content…
There is no way to eliminate the uncertainties, and the failure of the Boundary Dam project and the difficulties the other power plants projects are facing, make it so hard to believe that CCS is the answer to reduce the Carbon Dioxide emissions… but does that mean there is no way to stop global warming? Absolutely not, the answer is simply reducing the fossil fuel usage by investing more in renewable energy sources especially Wind and Hydroelectric instead of investing in burning more coals to store it underground. Fig. 5 shows that wind is at least $400 millions cheaper than coal over the next 25 years, and need to mention, 26% of North Dakota’s power is generated by wind at 2.5 cents per
Global warming is one of the biggest threats to our plant. One of the biggest contributor to global warming is Carbon Dioxide, which produces more than 60% of our Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Carbon Dioxide is a natural and a vital part of life; however, the world is experiencing a rapid population and economic growth, which leads to a rapid increase in the energy demand. The increase in energy demand, increases the Greenhouse gas emissions beyond our plant capacity; therefore, the process of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) was used reduced the Carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is the process of capturing Carbon Dioxide, at the source of …show more content…
3. The Flow Diagram of the Oxy-Fuel Method
Theoretically, The Post-Combustion process is the best option as it can be applied to any power plant that is burning any carbon based fuel; therefore, it could be retrofitted to any existing power plants without interrupting the manufacturing process or add extra cost to adjust the production line. Pre-Combustion and Oxy-Fuel both alter the fuel before manufacturing it, so it adds extra cost to the process; however, both, Pre-Combustion and Oxy-Fuel are more suitable for new built plants as they will provide better and more efficient sequestration process.
The second phase of the CCS is storing the Carbon Dioxide. Storing Carbon Dioxide after capturing it is one of the most controversial topics in the past few decades. There are two methods to store Carbon Dioxide, besides, the storage for Fuel Enhancement:
• Geologic Storage: Injecting Carbon Dioxide through pipes -6000 ft. – -7000 ft. underground
• Oceanic Storage: Injecting the Carbon Dioxide in the sea floor as it will take advantage of the pressure and temperature of the ocean, and the fact that Carbon Dioxide is much denser than water, which then could create a lake of Carbon Dioxide …show more content…
There is no way to eliminate the uncertainties, and the failure of the Boundary Dam project and the difficulties the other power plants projects are facing, make it so hard to believe that CCS is the answer to reduce the Carbon Dioxide emissions… but does that mean there is no way to stop global warming? Absolutely not, the answer is simply reducing the fossil fuel usage by investing more in renewable energy sources especially Wind and Hydroelectric instead of investing in burning more coals to store it underground. Fig. 5 shows that wind is at least $400 millions cheaper than coal over the next 25 years, and need to mention, 26% of North Dakota’s power is generated by wind at 2.5 cents per