Detail Design

As the drive to reduce global warming builds momentum, coal-fired power plants have come under great scrutiny for their CO₂ emissions. Bechtel engineers are at the forefront of the design and integration of the technology and methodology necessary to capture CO₂ and store it, rather than releasing it into the atmosphere. The process is called carbon sequestration (CCS).

CCS can capture CO₂ from power plants in a number of different ways, whether by chemical absorption of CO₂ from flue gas, or by burning coal in pure oxygen to increase the purity of the CO₂ produced. Several long-term methods also are being explored, including saline aquifers deep in the earth and the use of of CO₂ in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

Click here to see an overview of how this process could work.

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