Multi-Client Report—Industry Options for Carbon Management

Nexant completed a report in September 2007 that covers all the major issues of interest to industry relating to carbon capture and sequestration. An outline of the items that are covered can be seen below. If you are interested in ordering or learning more about the report, please click here to download the prospectus.

Section 1
Introduction and Overview

  • 1.1 Introduction


    • 1.1.1 Historical Overview of Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change


    • 1.1.2 Technologies for Carbon (CO2) Management


    • 1.1.3 Point Sources of CO2 Emissions


  • 1.2 United States CO2 Sources - Point Source and Transportation Emissions


  • 1.3 Power Generation CO2 Emissions


  • 1.4 Industrial Sector CO2 Emissions


  • 1.5 Carbon Capture Technologies


  • 1.6 Geological Sequestration


    • 1.6.1 Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs


    • 1.6.2 Unmineable Deep Coal Seams


    • 1.6.3 Deep Saline Formations


  • 1.7 Other Sequestration Options


  • 1.8 Cost and Economics


  • 1.8.1 Natural Gas


  • 1.8.2 Coal


  • 1.8.3 Transportation and MMV Cost


  • 1.9 Policy and Regulatory Hurdles


Section 2
Capture Technology Overview
  • 2.1 Introduction


  • 2.2 Commercial Capture Applications-Chemical and Physical Solvents


    • 2.2.1 Chemical Solvents


    • 2.2.2 Physical Solvents


    • 2.2.3 Mixed Chemical and Physical Sorbent Systems


    • 2.2.4 System Applications and Cost


  • 2.3 Oxygen Combustion Technology, PC Plant Applications


    • 2.3.1 Technical Considerations


    • 2.3.2 Commercialization Efforts and Research


  • 2.4 Membranes


  • 2.5 Emerging Technologies


    • 2.5.1 Cryogenic Separation and Hydrates


    • 2.5.2 Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP)


    • 2.5.3 Ionic Liquids


    • 2.5.4 Dry Sorbents


    • 2.5.5 Biofixation of CO2


    • 2.5.6 Electrochemical Pumps/Fuel Cells


  • 2.6 Suitability of Technologies for Power Plant Applications


  • 2.7 Summary


Section 3
Natural Gas Power Generation
  • 3.1 Introduction


  • 3.2 Technology Overview


  • 3.3 Comparison of NGCC Plants With and Without CO2 Capture


  • 3.4 Hydrogen Turbines


Section 4
Coal-Fired Power Generation
  • 4.1 Introduction


  • 4.2 Baseline Supercritical Pulverized Coal-Fired Plant


    • 4.2.1 Costs and Performance, Without CO2 Capture


    • 4.2.2 CO2 Capture Options, Pulverized Coal


  • 4.3 Baseline Gasification Combined Cycle


    • 4.3.1 Gasification Technology Description


    • 4.3.2 Gasification Technology Developers


    • 4.3.3 Cost and Performance, IGCC Units Without CO2 Removal


    • 4.3.4 Commercial IGCC Plant with CO2 Removal


    • 4.3.5 Advanced IGCC Units With CO2 Removal


  • 4.4 Coal and Natural Gas Technology Comparison


Section 5
Carbon Management in Other Industries
  • 5.1 Introduction


  • 5.2 Petroleum Refining


    • 5.2.1 Major CO2 Emissions Sources


    • 5.2.2 Emission Reduction Options and Industry Trends


  • 5.3 Chemicals Industry


    • 5.3.1 Major CO2 Emissions Sources


    • 5.3.2 Emissions Reduction Options and Industry Trends


  • 5.4 Iron and Steel Industry


    • 5.4.1 Major CO2 Emissions Sources


    • 5.4.2 Emissions Reduction Options and Industry Trends


  • 5.5 Cement Manufacture


    • 5.5.1 Major CO2 Emissions Sources


    • 5.5.2 Emissions Reduction Options and Industry Trends


  • 5.6 Ethanol Production


  • 5.7 Summary


Section 6
CO2 Transport and Geological Sequestration
  • 6.1 Introduction


  • 6.2 Commercial Analogues


  • 6.3 Carbon Dioxide Preparation and Treatment


  • 6.4 Pipeline Transport of Carbon Dioxide


  • 6.5 Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide


    • 6.5.1 Oil and Gas Fields


    • 6.5.2 Unmineable Coal Seams


    • 6.5.3 Saline Aquifers


    • 6.5.4 Costs and Properties of a Good Carbon Sequestration Site


  • 6.6 International R&D Programs, Carbon Sequestration


    • 6.6.1 Europe


    • 6.6.2 United States


    • 6.6.3 Australia


  • 6.7 Legal and Permitting Issues


    • 6.7.1 National Issues


    • 6.7.2 International Issues


  • 6.8 Sequestration Project Examples


    • 6.8.1 Weyburn


    • 6.8.2 Sleipner


    • 6.8.3 SACROC


Section 7
Policy and Regulatory Information
  • 7.1 Introduction


  • 7.2 Current Policies as of June 2007


    • 7.2.1 Domestic Programs - United States


    • 7.2.2 Europe


    • 7.2.3 Asia-Pacific


  • 7.3 Hurdles to Future GHG Regulations with CCS


    • 7.3.1 Health and Safety


    • 7.3.2 Developing International Agreements


    • 7.3.3 Economic Impacts


    • 7.3.4 Legal Issues


    • 7.3.5 Societal Acceptance


Section 8
Summary and Conclusions

Areas of Interest

Contact

Tan-Ping Chen
Senior Vice President, Energy Technology
Tel: +1 415 369 1077
Email: tpchen@nexant.com