Gas-FACTS: Gas - Future Advanced Capture Technology Options - Consortium proposal by Cranfield, Edinburgh, Imperial, Leeds and Sheffield

Gas-FACTS计划将为英国CCS开发和天然气发电厂的部署提供重要的基础研究，特别是燃气涡轮机改造和先进的燃烧后捕获技术，这些技术是2020年至2030年CCS行业可能数百亿英镑扩张的主要候选技术，然后运行到2050年或更久。以达到英国的二氧化碳排放目标。天然气CCS研发是一个新兴领域，许多概念和基本科学原理仍在“发明”中。但是，正在进行的英国基础设施投资和能源政策决策将受益于有关天然气CCS技术的更好信息，使学术研究人员的独立基础研究成为高度优先事项。此外，该项目的结果将为进一步开展工作提供重要基础，以便从联合王国CCS示范方案中获得最大的研究效益，并帮助为CCS部署的第二阶段开发更先进的天然气CCS技术。该计划还将制定严格的评估方法和框架，以最大限度地发挥影响力，从而支持RCUK在天然气CCS方面的其他研究活动。在全球范围内，挪威、加州和中东地区已经对天然气CCS产生了兴趣，如果更便宜的天然气能够带来更广泛的使用，这种兴趣可能会变得更加普遍。这项工作将通过工作包进行，目标如下：WP 1：量化燃气涡轮机改造的范围，以提高CCGT工厂综合CO2捕集的技术、环境和经济性能。小型燃气轮机将被改造为使用蒸汽或再循环烟气运行，以取代一些正常的空气进料，以增加后端二氧化碳浓度（这将有助于使二氧化碳更容易捕获）。WP 2：通过建模和实验测试，量化通过先进的液体溶剂（包括新型胺混合物）和改进的瞬态性能，改善CCGT电厂燃烧后捕集系统性能的范围。用于吸收二氧化碳并以纯净形式释放二氧化碳的溶剂将被修改，以便减少所需的能量。使用溶剂的设备也将被设计为快速开启和关闭，以允许CCS发电厂补偿风力涡轮机输出的波动。WP 3：与外部专家组密切合作，进行整合和整个系统的业绩评估。这将包括一个“Gas-FACTS影响手册”，将影响表与最先进的调查相结合，以确保Gas-FACTS研究人员所追求的影响途径与其他重要活动相协调，包括优秀的科学和利益相关者计划，以最大限度地提高其有效性。Gas-FACTS结果将在免费提供的IECM包中实施，供任何潜在用户访问。WP 4：影响交付和专家互动活动将基于建立一个专家组，其中包括英国CCS学术界、全球学术界、英国政策制定者、英国监管机构、非政府组织、电力公司、原始设备制造商（OEM）、中小企业（中小企业）的代表。第四工作方案还将实施一项旨在产生影响的参与活动方案，包括项目会议、关于专题问题和成果的专家会议、网络传播和文件出版（报告、对议会询问的答复、期刊论文、文章等）。

The Gas-FACTS programme will provide important underpinning research for UK CCS development and deployment on natural gas power plants, particularly for gas turbine modifications and advanced post combustion capture technologies that are the principal candidates for deployment in a possible tens-of-£billions expansion of the CCS sector between 2020 and 2030, and then operation until 2050 or beyond, in order to meet UK CO2 (carbon dioxide) emission targets. Gas CCS R&D is an emerging field and many of the concepts and underlying scientific principles are still being 'invented'. But on-going UK infrastructure investments and energy policy decisions are being made which would benefit from better information on relevant gas CCS technologies, making independent, fundamental studies by academic researchers a high priority. In addition, the results of this project will provide an essential basis for further work to extract the maximum research benefits from the UK CCS demonstration programme and help to develop more advanced gas CCS technologies for a second tranche of CCS deployment. The programme will also develop rigorous assessment methods and a framework to maximise pathways to impact that could support other RCUK research activities on gas CCS. Globally, there is already interest in gas CCS in Norway, California and the Middle East, and this is likely to become more widespread if cheaper gas leads to more widespread use.This work will be undertaken through work packages with the following aims:WP1: To quantify the scope of gas turbine modifications to improve the technical, environmental and economic performance of integrated CO2 capture on CCGT plants. Small gas turbines will be modified to run with steam or recycled flue gas replacing some of the normal air feed to increase back-end CO2 concentrations (which will help make the CO2 easier to capture). WP2: To quantify through modelling and experimental testing the scope for improving post-combustion capture system performance on CCGT plants through a combination of advanced liquid solvents, including novel amine mixtures, and improved transient performance. Solvents that are used to take up CO2 and then release it in a pure form that can be stored underground will be modified so that the amount of energy required to do this is reduced. The equipment the solvents are used in will also be designed to turn on and off quickly to allow CCS power plants to compensate for fluctuations in output from wind turbines. WP3: In close collaboration with an external Experts Group to undertake integration and whole systems performance assessments. This will include a 'Gas-FACTS Impact Handbook' combining impact tables with state-of-the-art surveys to ensure that pathways to impact pursued by Gas-FACTS researchers are co-ordinated with other significant activities, including excellent science and stakeholder plans, to maximise their effectiveness. Gas-FACTS results will be implemented in the freely-available IECM package for access by any potential users.WP4: Impact delivery and expert interaction activities will be based on establishing an Experts Group including representatives of the UK CCS academic community, global academic community, UK policymakers, UK Regulators, NGOs, power utilities, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). WP4 will also run a programme of engagement activities to impact, including project meetings, specialist meetings on topical issues and results, web-based dissemination and document publication (reports, responses to Parliamentary inquiries, journal papers, articles etc.)