CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (18EE751)

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

Course Code 18EE751
CIE Marks 40
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P) 3:0:0 
SEE Marks 60
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03

Module-1

Introduction: The carbon cycle, Mitigating growth of the atmospheric carbon inventory, The process
of technology innovation. Overview of carbon capture and storage: Carbon capture, Carbon storage.
Power generation fundamentals: Physical and chemical fundamentals, Fossil-fueled power plant,
Combined cycle power generation, Future developments in power-generation technology.

Module-2

Carbon capture from power generation: Introduction, Precombustion capture, Postcombustion
capture, Oxyfuel combustion capture, Chemical looping capture systems, Capture-ready and retrofit
power plant, Approaches to zero-emission power generation. Carbon capture from industrial processes: Cement production, Steel production, Oil refining, Natural gas processing. Absorption capture systems: Chemical and physical fundamentals, Absorption applications in postcombustion capture, Absorption technology RD and D status.

Module-3

Adsorption capture systems: Physical and chemical fundamentals, Adsorption process applications,
Adsorption technology RD and D status. Membrane separation systems: Physical and chemical fundamentals, Membrane configuration and  preparation and module construction, Membrane technology RD and D status, Membrane applications in pre-combustion capture, Membrane and molecular sieve applications in oxyfuel combustion, Membrane applications in postcombustion CO2 separation, Membrane applications in natural gas processing.

Module-4

Cryogenic and distillation systems: Physical Fundamentals, Distillation column configuration and
operation, Cryogenic oxygen production for oxyfuel combustion, Ryan–Holmes process for CO2 –CH4
separation, RDand D in cryogenic and distillation technologies. Mineral carbonation: Physical and chemical fundamentals, Current state of technology development, Demonstration and deployment outlook. Geological storage: Introduction, Geological and engineering fundamentals, Enhanced oil recovery, Saline aquifer storage, Other geological storage options.

Module-5

Ocean storage: Introduction, Physical, chemical, and biological fundamentals, Direct CO2 injection,
Chemical sequestration, Biological sequestration. Storage in terrestrial ecosystems: Introduction, Biological and chemical fundamentals, Terrestrial carbon storage options, Full GHG accounting for terrestrial storage, Current R&D focus in terrestrial storage. Other sequestration and use options: Enhanced industrial usage, Algal biofuel production. Carbon dioxide transportation: Pipeline transportation, Marine transportation.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
 Discuss the impacts of climate change and the measures that can be taken to reduce emissions.
 Discuss carbon capture and carbon storage.
 Explain the fundamentals of power generation.
 Explain methods of carbon capture from power generation and industrial processes.
 Explain different carbon storage methods: storage in coal seams, depleted gas reservoirs and saline
formations.
 Explain Carbon dioxide compression and pipeline transport.

Question paper pattern:

The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced
to 60.
 The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
 Each full question is for 20 marks.
 There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
 Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Textbook

1. Carbon Capture and Storage, Stephen A. Rackley, Elsevier, 2010.