Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Game Changers in Asia and the Pacific: 2022 Compendium of Technologies and Enablers

By Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) strives to facilitate a sustainable low-carbon future for Asia and the Pacific within the next half of this century. Analyzing the potential of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to secure that low-carbon environment, this compendium highlights 11 CCUS technologies and enablers—most of which are ready for mass deployment. It explores how CCUS can enhance sustainable energy security and compliance with international commitments, as well as decarbonizing industries—with relatively low disruptions to existing operations. Featuring technical, economic, and financial insights, the publication encourages collaborations between ADB members and stakeholders to develop such technologies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Release date: Jul 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9789292702311

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Overview

This compendium of game-changing carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) concepts deals with four interesting carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies, five CO2 utilization technologies, one CO2 storage technology, and one enabler concept. The technologies presented are in various stages of development ranging from research and development to commercial deployment. The concepts included in this compendium were furnished by CCUS technology providers and enablers through their responses to an email questionnaire prepared by the consultant team of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through regional Technical Assistance 9686: Integrated High Impact Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technology (Subproject 2)—Prefeasibility Analysis for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

This compendium is not exhaustive. Other ideas are available and may also be added in the future. Similarly, there are likely to be more suppliers of the same technology. ADB looks forward to other opportunities to add to this collection of ideas on CCUS, which could help ADB developing member countries achieve low-carbon development.

The first step in the process of CCUS is the capture of CO2. Over the years, technologies have been deployed and conceptualized. Just as the compendium of 2021, which described CO2 capture technologies that have used membrane or have used novel centrifuge to dramatically reduce the size of the capture equipment, this year’s compendium has another set of interesting technologies that could change the game. One technology is a novel non-amine CO2 absorption technology, which claims to be less toxic and may cost about a third of what amine-based capture is expected. Another idea is capturing CO2 through application of cryogenics. This technology will not involve chemicals and could be efficient. The third CO2 capture technology featured in this compendium is based on electrochemical adsorption that requires no consumables and less energy than direct air CO2 capture technologies. In addition to these, when full-scale capture is not feasible because of site conditions such as low availability of waste heat, partial CO2 capture could be an option to consider in the near-term. This technique is likely to reduce capital and operating