Publication Overview
A key aim of the FEED was thus to assist in selection of a winning project but the participants were also required to narrow the range of projected costs and clearly identify the cost risks and establish upper and lower limits. DECC also had the intention of making results public to enhance learning and information exchange. Initially 9 consortia entered projects into the competition but only two proceeded into the FEED phase. One of these withdrew before the full FEED was developed so some elements of this FEED are less well developed.
Publication Summary
The work carried out during the FEED studies undertaken as part of the first UK competitionfor CCS funding has advanced the understanding of the detailed engineering requirements forsuch projects and firmed up the costs considerably. This has increased confidence in bothdesign requirements and cost estimates. Most design issues were resolved in sufficient detailduring the FEED but more investigation appears to be necessary in two areas. One is on theeffects of releases of supercritical CO₂ from overland pipelines. The second is on theefficiency of processes for reheating supercritical CO₂ after it arrives at an injection site tocondition it before it is injected into a storage reservoir.
