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	Alstom’s Multi-Use Test Facility (MTF).

Alstom Power Inc. will conduct two projects using a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustor for economic evaluations of the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO₂). The projects will involve preparation of the facility and test equipment, conducting the comprehensive pilot-scale testing and analysis, and application of test results in re-evaluation and refinement of commercial oxygen-fired CFB designs. The project goal is to determine if CO₂ can be recovered at an avoided cost of no more than $10 per ton of carbon avoided, using a CFB combustor that burns coal with a mixture of oxygen (O₂) and recycled flue gas, instead of air. Alstom plans to complete three pilot-scale test campaigns in order to evaluate the
suitability of O₂-firing in CFB boilers.