Post-combustion carbon capture is increasingly being considered in power plants that burn fossil fuels such as coal

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Post-combustion carbon capture is increasingly being considered in power plants that burn fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas. Typical flue gas is at 40 οC and has 13 percent CO2; the remainder by mole is inert gases. Calculate the minimum work that must be done to separate flue gas into a stream of pure CO2. On average, US coal-fired power plants emit 9187 t CO2 per MW y of electricity generated. If the energy for separation of CO2 from flue gas is obtained from the generated electricity, calculate the fraction of the generated electricity that will have to be used for CO2 separation.

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