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Combustion vs. gasification for a demonstration CCS (carbon capture and storage) project in Italy: A techno-economic analysis

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  • Pettinau, Alberto
  • Ferrara, Francesca
  • Amorino, Carlo

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The need to reduce CO2 emissions requires a great economical effort to optimize the processes and solve the main technical and economic problems which still limit a large-scale diffusion of this kind of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.

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  • Pettinau, Alberto & Ferrara, Francesca & Amorino, Carlo, 2013. "Combustion vs. gasification for a demonstration CCS (carbon capture and storage) project in Italy: A techno-economic analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 160-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:50:y:2013:i:c:p:160-169
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.12.012
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