Carbon Capture and Oxyfiring Fundamentals
About the eLearning Course
This eLearning course provides an overview of oxyfiring and carbon capture technologies. Learners will explore the main cost elements of oxyfiring, suitable retrofit applications, and the types of equipment used. The course explains the oil and gas sector's investment in oxyfiring technology, the importance of scale, and technical hurdles in heaters and boilers. It covers development costs for oxy- fired turbine cycles, compares Clean Energy Systems and NetPower approaches, and introduces Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC). Participants will learn about CO₂ specifications, uses for captured CO₂, and why oxyfiring differs from other capture methods regarding cleanup. This course equips learners with essential knowledge for sustainable energy solutions.
Target Audience
This series provides a wide-ranging overview of CO2 capture. It is suitable for interested parties, such as environmental staff, facilities engineers, and gas processing engineers, including entry-level (1-2 year) engineers, or anyone interested in a general, technically oriented overview of this approach to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation and utilization.
You Will Learn
- Understand the main cost components associated with oxyfiring technology
- Learn which applications of oxyfiring are suitable for retrofit
- Identify the two main types of equipment suited to oxyfiring
- Explore why the oil and gas sector has invested in advancing oxyfiring capture technology
- Understand the significance of scale in oxyfiring applications
- Gain insights into the technical challenges of implementing oxyfiring in heaters and boilers
- Learn about the major development costs for deploying oxy-fired turbine cycles
- Learn about the main uses for captured CO₂
- Understand why various oxy-fired turbine power cycles are essentially equivalent
- Compare the Clean Energy Systems’ approach with that of NetPower
- Learn how the basic CLC process works and the materials used as oxygen carriers
- Recognize the fuel that is the subject of most CLC development work
- Understand the basis for various CO₂ specifications depending on its disposition
- Distinguish Cleanup Methods: Appreciate why oxyfiring differs from other capture methods regarding cleanup
Course Content
- Oxyfiring Overview
- Oxyfiring Studies and Demonstrations in Oil & Gas Sector
- Oxyfiring in Turbine-Based Power Cycles
- Chemical Looping Combustion
- CO2 Cleanup