Outlook of carbon capture technology and challenges

Tabbi Wilberforce; Ahmad Baroutaji; Bassel Soudan; Abdul Hai Al-Alami; Abdul Ghani Olabi

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.424

Outlook of carbon capture technology and challenges

Sci Total Environ. 2019 Mar 20:657:56-72. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.424. Epub 2018 Dec 4.

Authors

Tabbi Wilberforce¹, Ahmad Baroutaji², Bassel Soudan³, Abdul Hai Al-Alami⁴, Abdul Ghani Olabi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies, University of the West of Scotland, UK.
² School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, UK. Electronic address: ahmad.baroutaji2@mail.dcu.ie.
³ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE.
⁴ Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.

PMID: 30530219
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.424

Abstract

The greenhouse gases emissions produced by industry and power plants are the cause of climate change. An effective approach for limiting the impact of such emissions is adopting modern Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology that can capture more than 90% of carbon dioxide (CO₂) generated from power plants. This paper presents an evaluation of state-of-the-art technologies used in the capturing CO₂. The main capturing strategies including post-combustion, pre-combustion, and oxy - combustion are reviewed and compared. Various challenges associated with storing and transporting the CO₂ from one location to the other are also presented. Furthermore, recent advancements of CCS technology are discussed to highlight the latest progress made by the research community in developing affordable carbon capture and storage systems. Finally, the future prospects and sustainability aspects of CCS technology as well as policies developed by different countries concerning such technology are presented.

Keywords: Absorption; Carbon dioxide; Gasification; Membrane; Storage.