Introduction
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a challenge that humanity faces urgently. One of the relevant technologies that are used in this industry today is the carbon capture process. Capturing is the initial step followed by transportation and storage. This technology allows utilizing the existing energy infrastructure, namely gas and, first of all, coal-fired power plants with less harm to the environment. An industrial complex equipped with such a system burns hydrocarbon fuel, and with the help of special equipment, it extracts carbon dioxide from exhaust gases.
Main body
According to Ronka, the principle of extracting harmful emissions occurs through one of three methods – before burning, after burning, and during the burning of oxygen fuel. At any stage, unique equipment is applied, and appropriate extraction technologies are designed to prevent carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere.
Stored carbon dioxide is not disposed of but, as a rule, sold. For the American market, this type of activity is profitable since US companies derive significant benefits by supplying combustion products to projects associated with oil recovery. The carbon dioxide transportation system is special and complex and requires appropriate design solutions because the gas can pass not only in its initial state of aggregation but also in the form of a liquid and a solid. To ensure uninterrupted supply, it is crucial that at all stages of transportation, the overpass could not have defects and could match the type of resource used.
Conclusion
The whole process of converting oxygen to carbon dioxide is natural, but further procedures are the result of advanced work to ensure the necessary recycling methods. Thus, the capture process is not difficult technically, but it has high significance in the context of environmental protection.
References
- D. Ronka, “How Carbon Capture Works,” howstuffworks. Web.
- “What Is CSS?” Carbon Capture Storage Association.