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CO2 Reduction Technology for Thermal Power Plant Systems 166 CO2 Reduction Technology for Thermal Power Plant Systems Osamu Ito, Dr. Eng. Koichi Chino, Dr. Eng. Eiji Saito Shinya Marushima, Dr. Eng. Christian Bergins, Dr. Eng. Song Wu, Ph. D. OVERVIEW: Among the international efforts to curb global warming, practical application of CO2 removal technology and improvement of powergeneration efficiency — for reducing CO2 emission from thermal power plants (which will probably remain the prime source of power in future) — will, at the very least, become urgent issues over the next several decades. Accordingly, the Hitachi Group is aiming at further improving efficiency with the following main developments: 700°C USC coal-fired thermal power, coal-gasification power generation, a high-efficiency turbine, and a new thermal-cycle system. By performing CO2-recovery tests on a coalgasification power plant and developing an oxy-combustion-system coal boiler suited to CO2 recovery, we are also actively engaged in practical application of CCS technology which incurs low energy loss. INTRODUCTION THE installed capacity of thermal power plants using fossil fuels like coal and natural gas around the world is expected to double by the year 2030. In the meantime, against a backdrop of increasingly severe global warming, early practical application of technology for reducing CO2 emission is being demanded. Accordingly, the Hitachi Group is developing world-class technologies such as ultrasupercritical-pressure power generation and gasturbine combined power generation (see Fig. 1). In this report, activities aiming at further boosting power-generation efficiency and practically applying so-called CCS (carbon capture and storage) technology are described, and the current status of research and development on thermal power generation Areas scheduled for installation of CO2 recovery system Plant of the year (power) Best coal-fired project (power engineering) Pilot plant for coal-gasifica