New NETL Facility Tests Co₂ Capture

To accelerate DOE's evaluation of viable options to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from large fossil-fuel-based power generation sources, the Department's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has designed and constructed a modular, versatile facility on site to test new ideas for the capture and sequestration of CO₂.  The facility, the Modular Carbon Dioxide Capture Facility (MCCF), can operate on natural gas, coal, or a combination of both to simulate coal-fired combustion processes.  The MCCF therefore can be used to timely evaluate promising CO₂ capture and separation processes, while addressing DOE's Carbon Sequestration Program goal to develop more efficient, clean, and cost-effective CO₂ disposal systems.  By offering its MCCF to the research community at-large, NETL's Carbon Sequestration Science Focus Area welcomes partnerships with industry and other stakeholders interested in capture/separation techniques within sequestration scenarios.