The 3rd APP OFWG Oxy-fuel Capacity Building Course

Sunday/Monday 11-12th September 2011, Capricorn Hotel, Yeppoon, Queensland AUSTRALIA

 

LATEST NEWS UPDATE

A Successful Course

With over 40 delegates from universities, power stations and government bodies, the 3rd APP OFWG Capacity Building Course was considered a complete success.  The course was discussed in a number of forums throughout the IEA 2nd Oxyfuel Combustion Conference with particular mention paid to the international depth and participation of attending delegates.  Congratulations to all of the lecturers who kindly donated their time for the course.  Their presentations can be found through the links below.  The group photograph may be found here.

 

Introduction

The course will be held the day prior to the IEA 2nd Oxy-fuel Combustion Conference at the same venue.  The course will be designed as an introduction to Oxy-fuel technology, to provide background knowledge to delegates new to the subject.  The target audience for the course will be for university and power generation industries within Australia and Asia.

Oxy-fuel technology is a leading carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology

 

Conventional pf coal-fired boilers use air for combustion in which the nitrogen from the air dilutes the CO2 concentration in the flue gas. In oxy-fuel technology, combustion with oxygen typically of greater than 95% purity and recycled flue gas is used for combustion of the fuel. By recycling the flue gas, a gas consisting mainly of CO2 and water is generated, ready for sequestration without stripping of the CO2 from the gas stream. The recycled flue gas is used to control flame temperature and make up the volume of the missing N2 to ensure there is enough gas to carry the heat through the boiler. Demonstrations pilot-scale studies will lead to commercial deployment.

 

Follow this link for a downloadable Oxyfuel Course Flyer.  Information on the Capricorn Hotel in Yeppoon and the Second Oxyfuel Combustion Conference are also available for download.

 

If you are interested in attending please email your nomination with details to OFWG@newcastle.edu.au as soon as possible and include your name, position, organisation, contact details (including email), your involvement and interest in oxy-fuel technology, and nominated questions you would put to the international panel.

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

Sunday September 11th evening

  • Course registration and coffee

1700-1900 Oxy-fuel technology overview

1900 Course dinner

 

Monday September 12th morning

 

0900-1200 Oxy-fuel principles

1200-1300 Lunch

 

Monday September 12th afternoon

 

1300-1500 Oxy-fuel demonstration projects and large pilot-scale testing

1600-1730 Commercialisation

  • Panel Introduction: John Marion, Alstom - Why Oxy combustion?
  • Panel discussion, dealing with current issues and the future of the technology, and nominated questions such as:
    • The "Big Picture" for Oxyfuel - comparison with other CCS technologies, carbon avoidance costs and future energy/carbon markets, issues of CCS piblic acceptability, regulation, the potential evolution of Oxyfuel Pwer Plant, advantages/comparisons of Oxy-CFB
    • Technical issues to deployment - oxy-USC, O2 production, gas cleaning, transport & storage
    • Other issues nominated by delegates prior to course

1700 Summing and closure

  • Prof Terry Wall, University of Newcastle, Australia