Enabling pre-combustion plants—the DECARBit project

AbstractThe DECARBit project was launched in January 2008 as a large scale integrating project under the 7th Framework Programme of the EU with duration of 4 years and a budget of 15 million Euros. DECARBit, short for “Decarbonise it”, will focus on the following key issues in enabling pre-combustion plants: high pressure and high temperature CO2 separation using membranes, sorbents or solvents; oxygen separation developing new advanced cryogenic and non-cryogenic techniques; hydrogen combustion and combustion systems for gas turbine applications targeting low emission high efficient novel concepts; and finally establish pilots of 2–3 of the most promising technologies after screening the results achieved in the first phase. DECARBit constitutes 16 core partners from 8 countries and an industrial contact group of 5 large energy companies in order to ensure industrial interest and involvement from technology end users