Power Generation Technology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 523-532.DOI: 10.12096/j.2096-4528.pgt.22053

• Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technology •     Next Articles

Significance and Challenges of CCUS Technology for Low-carbon Transformation of China’s Power Industry

Rui DONG1,2, Lin GAO2, Song HE2,3, Dongtai YANG2,3   

  1. 1.Wu Zhonghua College of North China Electric Power University, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China
    2.Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
    3.School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-03-15 Published:2022-08-31 Online:2022-09-06
  • Supported by:
    National Science and Technology Major Project(J2019-I-0009-0009)

Abstract:

In the past three decades, China’s power industry has developed rapidly and solved the problem of efficiency and cleanliness to a certain extent. However, the implementation of the “double carbon” target has put forward the requirements of low carbon development for China’s power industry. Improving energy utilization efficiency, increasing the proportion of zero-carbon energy and carbon-neutral energy, and equipping carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology are three important ways to achieve carbon emission reduction in the power industry. Based on the carbon neutral formula of power system, the carbon emission reduction history of China’s power industry and the carbon emission reduction contribution of different pathways between 2000 and 2020 were analyzed, and the current situation and routes of CCUS technology development in China were described. The results show that between 2000 and 2011, improving the efficiency of carbon-containing energy utilization made the main contribution to carbon emission reduction in the power industry, and after 2011, the increase of the proportion of zero-carbon energy contributed more to carbon emission reduction in the power industry. To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in the power industry, CCUS technology is indispensable when the fossil energy cannot be completely replaced. Currently, the high cost and energy consumption of CCUS technology are the main reasons that hinder its promotion. The fuel source capture technology realizes the graded utilization of energy and the enrichment of carbon components, which reduces the energy consumption of CO2 capture, and the efficiency of fuel source carbon capture system can generally be improved by 5 to 8 percentage points compared with the current mainstream carbon capture technology.

Key words: “double carbon” target, carbon neutrality, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), power system, carbon emission intensity

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