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Since temperatures are moderate at the outlet of the FGD unit (compare Table 7.1), polymeric membranes appear to be the most suitable ones for post-combusion CO2 capture. In the recent past, particularly, PEO-based block copolymers received considerable attention. The high polarity of PEO leads to a high CO2/N2 gas separation factor in combination with a high CO2 permeance. Due to the rubbery nature of PEO-based block copolymers, the presence of water hardly influences the transport of CO2 and other gases. The chemical and mechanical resistance of the polymer to flue gas conditions are currently evaluated in the NanoGLOWA project. Table 7.4 summarizes the rather favorable separation characteristics of PEO, which will be further used to investigate the economics of membrane gas separation processes of post-combusion CO2 capture. 

Table 7.5 summarizes investment and operation costs as well as the costs for electricity generation of the coal fired reference power plant given in Table 7.1. The costs were defined and agreed in a joint effort by power plant and utility providers within the NanoGLOWA project.

This study is part of the NanoGLOWA project (NMP3-CT-2007-026735), which has been financially supported by the EU Commission within the thematic priority NMP of the Sixth Framework Program. 

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