The Carbon Capture Technologies and Economics course covers how carbon capture technologies work and their economics. The morning portion of the course will help participants understand how the gasification process works and how several gasifier designs differ from one another. This is followed by a description of post combustion CO2 capture and oxygen firing. Next issues with polygens and OTSG and SMR capture configurations are considered. Finally, sequestration and EOR opportunities are described. If time permits coal to liquids technologies, CO2 compression and piping, and the emissions from clean coal plants are presented.

In the afternoon the economics for carbon capture plants from several recent North American studies are considered. The latest Phase II Canadian Clean Power Coalition economic results for gasification, polygen, amine scrubbing and oxygen firing configurations are reviewed. Finally EPCOR's summer of 2008 amine scrubbing and oxygen firing study results will be discussed. In these sections the capital costs, levelized cost of power, net output and the costs to capture CO2 for each of the technologies will be presented.

This course has been reviewed by and presented to technical and financial staff at EPCOR and the Technical Committee of the Canadian Clean Power Coalition. EPCOR and the CCPC have granted Power Courses permission to use the results of their studies in this course. Over the past two years, David has completed the economic analysis for the CCPC's Phase II studies and EPCOR's amine scrubbing, oxygen firing and pre-FEED gasification studies. David is the Executive Director for the Canadian Clean Power Coalition.

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