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PRIORITIES FOR RD&D ACTIVITIES | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6
The RD&D priorities identified cover the main areas relevant to carbon abatement technologies for fossil fuelled power generation, with the focus on carbon capture and storage. The prioritisation has been done at two levels, the first at the basic and applied R&D level, the second at the component and pilot scale demonstration level. The original matrix was prepared in Autumn 2007 by the APGTF, this version was revised by the APGTF in December 2008
 | Basic and applied R&D |  |  | Component and Pilot Scale
 |  |  |  | Demonstrations
 | HIGH | MED | LOW | HIGH | MED | LOW
Power Plant
·         Materials topic | X |  |  | X
·         Optimisation of cycles | X |  |  | X
·         Gas turbine technology issues | X |  |  | X
·         Multi–pollutant control | X |  |  | X
·         Flexibility of operation and control | X |  |  |  | X
·         'Open access' test facility |  |  |  | X
Co-use of Biomass
·         Advanced cofiring or co-gasification |  | X |  |  |  | X
·         Efficient preparation and processing |  | X |  | X
·         Impact on capture processes |  |  | X |  | X
·         Materials issues for biomass use |  | X |  |  | X
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Post-combustion (scrubbing)
·         Process optimisation | X |  |  | X
·         New and less energy intensive solvents | X |  |  | X
·         Avoidance of solvent degradation | X |  |  |  | X
·         Health and Safety particularly for amines | X |  |  |  | X
·         Advanced capture technologies |  | X |  | X
·         Pilot plant tests |  |  |  | X
Pre-combustion Capture
·         Gasification : process integration/optimisation |  | X |  | X
·         Gas cleaning : improved reliability |  | X |  |  | X
·         Gas conditioning | X |  |  |  | X
·         Gas turbine : Premix burners for hydrogen | X |  |  | X
·         Air separation unit |  | X |  |  | X
·         Polygeneration | X |  |  |  | X
·          Gas separation membranes – O2//N2 | X |  |  |  | X
·         Gas separation membranes – CO2 /H2 |  | X |  |  | X
[NAME] combustion
·         Process optimisation | X |  |  | X
·         Combustion chemistry and kinetics | X |  |  | X
·         [NAME] transfer prediction | X |  |  | X
·         Materials for oxyfuel environment | X |  |  | X
·         [NAME] properties |  | X |  |  | X
·         Flue gas cleaning  and conditioning | X |  |  | X
·         ASUs:  selection, cycle optimisation |  | X |  |  | X
·         [NAME] separation membranes | X |  |  |  | X
·         Health and Safety | X |  |  |  | X
·         Pilot plant tests |  |  |  | X
Advanced and novel CO2 Capture Technologies
·         Chemical looping | X |  |  |  | X
·         Other novel concepts/cycles |  | X |  |  |  | X
Carbon Dioxide Transport
·         Corrosion behaviour | X |  |  | X
·         Alternative materials | X |  |  | X
·         Crack formation and growth |  | X |  |  | X
·         Technologies for CO2 ships |  | X |  |  | X
·         Use of current North Sea infrastructure |  |  | X | X
·         Health & Safety Issues | X |  |  |  | X
Carbon Dioxide Storage
·         Site appraisal
·         Saline aquifers | X |  |  |  | X
·         Site stability | X
·         CO2 mobility
·         Site performance |  |  |  | X
·         CO2 physical properties | X
·         Calculation of local conditions |  |  |  | X
·         Geochemical impact |  |  |  | X
·         ECBM |  | X |  |  | X
·         UCG |  |  | X |  |  | X
·         Depleted gas fields |  |  |  |  | X
Environment
·         Risk of leakage |  | X |  |  | X
·         Dispersion following leakage | X |  |  |  | X
·         Impact of leaks on eco systems |  | X |  |  | X
·         Impacts of seepage |  | X |  |  | X
Whole system
·         Optimisation of whole CCS system | X |  |  | X
·         Flexibility and transient capability | X |  |  | X