Are CO2 emissions completely eliminated with this system?
ALSTOM: its clean coal is successful
the 15.03.2007
(FOA) - Alstom and American Electric Power (AEP) signed a memorandum of understanding for the commercialization in 2011 of the CO2 capture process based on refrigerated ammonia for units up to 200 MW. The project will have two phases. Initially, Alstom and AEP will jointly develop a 30 MWth power plant for commercial validation of the project. For the second phase, Alstom will be responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of a CO2 capture system at a coal-fired thermal power plant located in Oologah (Oklahoma).
The process of CO2 capture by post-combustion developed by Alstom uses refrigerated ammonia. According to the group, "this system dramatically reduces the amount of energy required to capture carbon dioxide by keeping it in a very concentrated form and at very high pressure."
Philippe Joubert, President of Alstom Power Systems, said: "We are particularly proud that AEP has chosen Alstom's" clean coal "technology for a project of this importance. Our partnership with AEP will lead to the production of the world's first industrial-scale clean coal power plant, the technology of which will be applicable to both new and existing plants".