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The emphasis is on building
expertise through quality
research at a high international
level, both within the research
tasks, the post-doctoral work, and
through the education of PhDs.
Vision and goals
The BIGCCS Centre enables sustainable power generation from fossil fuels based on cost-effective CO
2
capture, safe transport, and underground storage of CO
2
. This is achieved by building expertise and
closing critical knowledge gaps in the CO
2
chain, and by developing novel technologies in an extensive
collaborative research effort.
The overall objective is to pave the ground for fossil fuel based power generation that employ CO
2
capture,
transport and storage with the potential of fulfilling the following targets:
•
90 % CO
2
capture rate
•
50 % cost reduction
•
Fuel-to-electricity penalty less than six percentage points compared to state-of-the-art fossil fuel
power generation
Find out more:
www.bigccs.noResearch plan and strategies
The research topics covered by the BIGCCS Centre require in-depth studies of fundamental aspects
related to CO
2
capture, CO
2
transport, and CO
2
storage.
Research relies on a dual methodology for which both laboratory experiments and mathematical mod-
elling are employed. The modelling and experimental activities share the same theory or hypotheses,
and seek answers to the same questions from different points of view.
There is a two-way coupling between the modelling and experimental
work: Experiments are necessary for developing and verifying models.
At the same time, developing and understanding models will lead to an
improved understanding of the described phenomena.
In BIGCCS, research takes place within international networks of scien-
tists, including the participation of world-class experts. The emphasis
is on building expertise through quality research at a high international level, both within the research
tasks, the post-doctoral work, and through the education of PhDs.
New knowledge is in part gained through novel CO
2
capture technologies integrated with industrial
processes, supporting the development of research strategies for the Centre.
In CO
2
transport, the combination of theories and models describing pipeline fracture resistance and CO
2
fluid dynamics requires a coupled analysis of the problem. Different numerical simulation methods are
used and will create improved understanding of the two-way influence between the CO
2
fluid and the
pipeline.
In CO
2
storage, the basic knowledge of CO
2
behaviour in the reservoir and rock mechanics when influ-
enced by CO
2
is used in aggregated reservoir and basin models.