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Professor Niall Mac Dowell FIChemE FRSC

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Professor of Future Energy Systems
 
 
 
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16 Prince's GardensSouth Kensington Campus

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Citation

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@article{Schnellmann:2018:10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.016,
author = {Schnellmann, MA and Heuberger, CF and Scott, SA and Dennis, JS and Mac, Dowell N},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.016},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
pages = {1--15},
title = {Quantifying the role and value of chemical looping combustion in future electricity systems via a retrosynthetic approach},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.016},
volume = {73},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Carbon capture and sequestration of CO2from the combustion of fossil fuels in thermal power plants is expected to be important in the mitigation of climate change.  Deployment however falls far short of what is required.  A key barrier is the perception by developers and investorsthat these technologies are too inefficient, expensive and risky.  To address these issues, we have  developed  a  novel  retrosynthetic  approach  to  evaluate  technologies  and  their  design based  on  the  demands  of  the system  in  which  they  would  operate.    We  have applied it to chemical looping combustion (CLC), a promising technology, which enables carbon dioxide emissions to be inherently captured from the combustion of fossil fuels.  Our approach has provided  unique  insight  into  the  potential  role  and  value  of different CLC variants in  future electricity systems and the likely impact of their integration on the optimal capacity mix, the operational and system cost, and dispatch patterns.  The three variants investigated couldall provide  significant  value  by  reducing  the  total  investment  and  operational  cost  of  a  future electricity system.  The minimisation of capital cost appears to be key for the attractiveness of CLC, rather than other factors such as higher efficiency or loweroxygen carrier costs.
AU  - Schnellmann,MA
AU  - Heuberger,CF
AU  - Scott,SA
AU  - Dennis,JS
AU  - Mac,Dowell N
DO  - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.016
EP  - 15
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1750-5836
SP  - 1
TI  - Quantifying the role and value of chemical looping combustion in future electricity systems via a retrosynthetic approach
T2  - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.016
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58619
VL  - 73
ER  -
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