Up-to-date CO2 Capture in Thermal Power Plants

Amine based post-combustion technology remains the best reference for short and medium terms with a tight competition with cryogenic oxy-combustion. Both share the highest maturity and similar energy performance in their most advanced embodiments. At the moment IGGC based capture looks less promising for power generation due to the high cost of the plant even without CO2 capture. Regarding more innovative technology, promising candidates, such as inertial extraction, chemical looping combustion or oxy-fired CO2 cycle, are highlighted but their effective development up to industrial ground is not guaranteed due to the constant improvement of reference technology and their difficulty to be retrofitted.