Study of Carbon capture and storage pilot technologies for coal fired power plants in the Czech Republic

Project facts

Project promoter:
Czech Technical University in Prague
Project Number:
CZ08-0004
Target groups
Civil servants/Public administration staff,
Researchers or scientists
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€1,059,851
Final project cost:
€1,025,142
From Norway Grants:
€ 809,088
The project is carried out in:
Czech Republic

Description

The main objective of the project was the preparation of a comprehensive study, in which a technical and economic comparison were carried out on three basic Carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods (pre-combustion, post-combustion and oxyfuel combustion) through model applications on coal-fired power generation plants under the conditions existing in the CR. The proposed project complements the findings of the completed project to assess the application of the, as-yet, unresolved CCS pre-combustion technology, thereby providing a comprehensive overview of the potential for CCS under conditions existing in the CR. The outcome is a study of the application of CCS technology to a coal-fired power generation source, which will enable an operational and economic comparison to be made, and recommendations for the most suitable solution for a specific application in the CR. The donor partner is SINTEF Energi AS (SINTEF Energy Research). The Sintef acts as the main researcher in some of projects activities and the consultant in other activities. The share of Sintef represented about 50 % of the total project costs. The target groups of the project included expert public, citizens, political level institutions and owners of power plants.

Summary of project results

The project was designed to provide a comprehensive techno-economic study on application of CCS approach on CO2 elimination from a coal energetic block in a power plant in CR and comparison of three basic methods (pre-combustion, oxyfuel and post-combustion) of CO2 treatment. The project started in January 2015 and originally was planned till 4/2016. However, the Promoter took advantage and applied for additonal grant and prolongation. Thanks to a very reasonable extension proposal, the project was extended by 3 additional activities, and the deliverables were significantly extended for additional funds. The project contributed to Output 1 (research) with 2 completed surveys on practical use of CCS application in CR 7. The “Increased knowledge of and transnational cooperation in CCS” was supported via the project purpose - 19 planned /19 reached project outputs - via 21 planned / 21 available documents /deliverables on CCS, such as research reports, analyses, seminars, presentations at conferences and workshops, manuscripts/published articles, author SW etc.- The project provided excellent publicity to the scientific results – they were publicized and presented at numerous seminars, workshops and conferences in the CR and abroad.

Summary of bilateral results

The project was designed in collaboration with the Norwegian partner SINTEF ER. The partner was duly responsible for a great deal of work, particular activities were done under his responsibility. In the end, about 1/2 of project budget covered the work of the Norwegian partner. The partner delivered all the planned results in time and in high quality. Moreover, the knowledge had been shared and exchanged with the Promoter and mutual visits, joint initiatives and collaborative publication scientifical results has been organized beyond the project. The Promoter and partners also benefitted from the Fund for bilateral relations. About 100 000 EUR were spent for 10 bilateral initiatives, in particular: - joint presentations of project results at international conferences and forums, sharing knowledge with the internationa CCS community (PowerGen Asia in Bangkok and 3rd Post Combustion Capture Conference Regina, Canada, both in September 2015, the 32nd International Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2015, U.S.A., in October 2015 including a visit to Pittsburgh University and National Energy Technology Laboratory, - long- and short-term internships of Czech researchers at SINTEF and visits to NTNU Trondheim , bringing excellent resulst for the PhD students and deepening collaboration in preparation of joint papers - 2x participation at international conferences and organizing 2 adjacent bilateral seminars under presence of other projects, PO, PP and Norwegian partners, including representatives from the international CCS community (at the biannual GHGT-13 conference in Lausanne in November 2016 and at the TCCS-9 in Trondheim in June 2017) - joint work on a study and drafting materials for future joint project applications