Mehdi Hafezi - Department of Chemical Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University
Kamyar Movagharnejad - Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, P.O. Box ۴۸۴, Babol, Iran
Masoud Sheikhi Kordkheili - Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, P.O. Box ۴۸۴, Babol, Iran

Zergan power plant in the vicinity of Iranian oil reservoirs is one of the major stationary carbon dioxide sources in south west Iran. The captured carbon dioxide from this power plant can be usedfor enhanced oil recovery in oil wells. The process of carbon dioxide capture by means of amineabsorption process is simulated and the influence of different parameters on the performance of theprocess is studied. The optimum process conditions for the designed process is obtained and it isconcluded that carbon dioxide capture from this power plant may lead to a considerable reduction in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and may also be considered as a cheap substitution for the associated gases which are currently injected into Iranian oil wells which are in the second half of their production lives.

CO2 capture; Chemical absorption; Power plant, greenhouse gases