The production of hydrogen combined with carbon capture represents a possible option for reducing CO2 emissions in atmosphere and anthropogenic greenhouse effect. Nowadays the worldwide hydrogen production is based mainly on natural gas reforming, but the attention of the scientific community is...

The incorporation of fuel cells into power plants can enhance the operational efficiency and facilitate the separation and capture of emissions. In this paper a fuel-cell unit, consisting of solid-oxide fuel-cell stacks, a pre-reformer, and an afterburner is incorporated into a combined-cycle...

Global warming, climate change and energy security issues are the forces driving the fossil fuel based energy system towards renewable and sustainable energy. Hydrogen as a clean energy carrier is believed to be the most promising source to replace fossil fuel. Biomass gasification with the...

An experiment system made up of a membrane absorption unit and a membrane vacuum regeneration unit was set up. Ionic liquids (ILs), 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF4]) and 1-(3-aminopropyl)-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([apmim][BF4]) as two absorbents for CO2...

The objective of this work is to study the performance of the oxygen carrier in a packed bed with periodic switching between oxidizing and reducing conditions. In this paper the performance of CuO/Al2O3 as the oxygen carrier in a packed bed reactor with syngas as the fuel are investigated, while...

This work presents a CO2 sorbent that may be synthesized from low-cost and widely available materials following a simple method basically consisting of impregnation of a nanostructured silica support with a saturated solution of calcium nitrate. In a first impregnation stage, the use of a...

The continuous increase in energy demand and the growing attention on global warming worldwide have aroused great research interest in a novel near zero emission energy utilization system which is based on CaO sorption enhanced gasification. This paper presents the experimental results of...

This paper focuses on the thermodynamic performance of air-blown IGCC systems with post-combustion CO2 capture by chemical absorption. Two IGCC technologies are investigated in order to evaluate two different strategies of coal-derived gas clean-up. After outlining the layouts of two power...

Large scale pilot plants are currently demonstrating the feasibility of the Calcium-looping (CaL) technology built on the multicyclic calcination/carbonation of natural limestone for post-combustion and pre-combustion CO2 capture. Yet, limestone derived CaO exhibits a drop of conversion when...

Greenhouse gases emission of power generation plants will be continuously tightened to achieve European targets in terms of CO2 emissions. In particular, the switching to a sustainable power generation using fossil fuels will be strongly encouraged in the future. In this context,...