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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Opportunity:
Hunter Showcase Concept 1
The Context:
•High electrical power needs of Al smelters and implicit
Greenhouse gas
emissions
•Distributed energy
strategy
•Local region CO2 sequestration opportunity
•Showcase project for the aluminium industry, the Hunter and Greenhouse gas abatement
•Local opportunity with global relevance
1. Concept developed with John Wright,
CSIRO, Energy Technology Division
Expert advise is that
the concept is physically sound; the next step is to test the techno-economic merit by
modelling etc in a short feasibility project
The Concept:
•Extraction of methane from deep coal seams [ca.1200m]
•Power generation adjacent to Al smelter with efficient
technology including CO2 recovery
•CO2 pumped back into deep coal for enhanced methane extraction and sequestration