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Carbon capture and storage technology for marine application

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  • University of Strathclyde
Date of award
  • 2013
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  • T13515
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  • The effect of global warming in our environment is devastating. As a result of global warming air temperature rises, warmer temperature increased the amount of water vapour which enters to the atmosphere. As temperature continue to rise, more and more water vapour could evaporate into the atmosphere, and also water vapour work as a fuel for storms. More heat, warmer sea surface temperature and water in the atmosphere are causes to increase the wind speeds of tropical storms. Warmed temperatures expand the water in the ocean, and also glaciers and ice caps melts which cause sea level to rise and make coastal flooding. An increase in global temperature includes increased risk of drought and increased intensity of storms, including tropical cyclones with higher wind speed. The consequence of global warming is environmental disaster. The largest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) contributor is Carbon Dioxide (CO₂). One of the methods to help this reduction is to capture the CO₂ and subsequently store it, preventing it from being released to the atmosphere. Most common use of the captured CO₂ is to inject it into the oil reservoirs, especially for enhanced oil recovery, gas recovery and generation of coal bed methane. This method is called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Some CCS projects have been carried out from shore-based power plants but nothing has been taking place in the maritime sector to date. In this research, a carbon capture and storage technology is considered for marine application with an estimation of the power requirement for implementing the technology. The demand of marine CO₂ emission reduction has strongly increased due to the threat of climate change and reduction of ships CO₂ emissions by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is firmly committed to reducing its CO₂ emissions 20% by 2020. This research begins by introducing the topic and stating its importance. The critical review examined several methods of addressing CCS from its capture methods to storage technologies. A case ship has been used to predict the engine power of the vessel by using "Free! Ship Plus version 3_37" software. The required power for operating the considered technology has been calculated by using "Mathcad 15". CO₂ pressure and temperature phase diagram has been considered to select an economical way to store and transport the captured CO₂ for marine application. Special consideration has been focused on the case ship characteristics, equipment, operations, safety and economics in order to consider cost effective technology for CO₂ capture, storage and transport until discharge at the next suitable port. The CO₂ capture and storage technology for marine application has been investigated where at chosen operating condition about 3.67% of the engine power has been required to implement the technology to maintain the commitment of ICS.
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  • 2013
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  • 996387

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