The researchers, who are based at Imperial College’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Environmental Policy, used computational models to demonstrate that post-combustion carbon capture using amine absorption could capture up to 99 per cent of carbon at the source while remaining cost effective.
There has been a long-held assumption that 90 per cent carbon capture is the upper limit for carbon capture technologies, becoming ubiquitous across literature and leading to doubts around the feasibility of capturing more.
“In recent years, this 90 per cent assumption is being challenged as we begin or transition towards net-zero emissions,” the researchers explained. “Our findings show that there are no technical or economic barriers in capturing 99 per cent of CO2 from both power and industrial processes. This is highly significant in development of policy around the net-zero transition.”
Carbon capture and storage technologies have an important...