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Professional Certificate of Competency in Carbon Capture

Professional Certificate of Competency in Carbon Capture

Course Duration
Duration
  • 3 Months
Course Study
Study Mode
  • Online
Course Location
Location
  • Online
Course Code
Course Code
CCC
Course Intakes
Intakes
  • 14 January 2025
  • 8 July 2025
Course Type
Course Type
  • Professional Certificate
  • UK
Course Fees
Fees

Course Overview

The world is facing threatening climate challenges and the energy situation in the world is changing quickly. To achieve the UN goal of reliable and sustainable energy for all, energy conversion and reduction of CO2 emissions are critical. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is generally considered a key technology to decrease carbon emissions from the energy industry during the transition to renewable energy generation, and in the longer term to decarbonize refining, iron and steel, cement, chemical and other industries. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), CCS is the most significant technology option for reducing direct emissions from industry, with the potential to mitigate 2 to 2.5

Gigatonnes of CO2 per year globally by 2050. Achieving this target reasonably requires a combination of advanced expertise in subsurface engineering and innovative thinking.

This course explores how the technology of CCS and utilization can deliver a long-term solution to provide a long-term solution to reduce excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. CCS prevents carbon dioxide emissions from penetrating the atmosphere and deposits them permanently and securely underground. The goal of CCS is to bring about heavy reductions in carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.

Course Benefits

  • You may be eligible to claim CPD points through your local engineering association
  • Receive a Certificate of Completion from EIT
  • Learn from well-known faculty and industry experts from around the globe
  • Flexibility of attending anytime from anywhere, even when you are working full-time
  • Interact with industry experts during the webinars and get the latest updates/announcements on the subject
  • Experience global learning with students from various backgrounds and experience which is a great networking opportunity
  • Improve your technical expertise in CCS
  • Broaden understanding and open doors to potential careers in geoscience or reservoir engineering related to CCS projects
  • This course is suited to: Chemical Engineers, Petrochemical Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Environmentalists, Government officials and regulators and Sustainability advisors

After completing this course, you will be able to

  • Differentiate between carbon dioxide removal and carbon capture and storage approaches
  • Know the technical details of carbon capture and storage, risks and benefits, and limitations to large-scale deployment
  • Understand the role of CCS in CO2 emissions-reductions
  • Develop awareness of the role of geoscience and reservoir engineering in CCS

Course Details

The course is composed of 12 modules.

Module 1: Introduction

  • Global warming
  • The Carbon Budget of our Atmosphere
  • Carbon Neutrality
  • CCS in a gist

Module 2: CCS Over the Entire Economy

  • Heavy industries and manufacturing
  • Decarbonising global energy
  • Cost of carbon capture
  • Cost reduction options in carbon capture

Module 3: Capturing Carbon for Power Industry

  • Pre and post combustion capture
  • Oxyfuel combustion capture
  • Capture by chemical looping
  • Capture-ready and retrofit power plant
  • Techniques to zero-emission power generation

Module 4: Carbon Capture from Industrial Operations

  • Cement manufacturing
  • Steel production
  • Oil refining
  • Natural gas processing

Module 5: Absorption Capture Systems

  • Solubility, diffusion, and chemical kinetics of CO2 in solution
  • Determining the rate of absorption – mass transfer theories and their
    relations
  • Design parameters for packed columns
  • Trays vs. packing
  • Pressure drops
  • Material balances
  • Column height estimation
  • Column diameter estimation

Module 6: Adsorption Capture Systems

  • Adsorption fundamentals – physical and chemical adsorption
  • Common types of sorbents
  • Water adsorption
  • Pore characterization
  • Pelletization
  • Adsorption kinetics – diffusion in pores, mass transfer, heat-transfer and
    axial dispersion
  • Column dynamics and adsorption cycles

Module 7: Membrane Technology in CCS

  • Common membrane materials and membrane transport mechanisms
  • Nonporous membranes
  • Permeability and selectivity
  • Solubility
  • Diffusion
  • Facilitated-transport membranes and porous membranes
  • Membrane architecture, product purity, and yield
  • Pressure drops, membrane modules and flows
  • Multiple-stage separator arrangements

Module 8: Geological Carbon Storage

  • Rocks for geological carbon storage
  • Reservoirs, seals, and traps
  • Storage in aquifers and depleted oil fields
  • Coupled processes

Module 9: Ocean Storage

  • Physical, chemical, and biological basics
  • Direct CO2 injection
  • Chemical sequestration
  • Biological sequestration

Module 10: Terrestrial Ecosystem Storage

  • Sequestration by agriculture, wetlands, forests
  • Full GHG accounting for terrestrial storage
  • Limitations
  • Current R&D focus in terrestrial storage

Module 11: Carbon Dioxide Transportation

  • Compression and transportation of CO2
  • Transportation through pipeline – design, operation and safety aspects
  • Tansportation through marine – design, operation and safety aspects

Module 12: Economic & Social Perspective

  • CCS in Australia
  • Economic analysis of CCS
  • International cooperation in support of CCS – Kyoto Protocol
  • Carbon Capture and Storage – Major issues, challenges, and the path forward

The instructor for this course is yet to be determined.

Learn about our instructors.

To obtain a certificate of completion for EIT’s Professional Certificate of Competency, students must achieve a 65% attendance rate at the live, online fortnightly webinars.  Detailed summaries/notes can be submitted in lieu of attendance.  In addition, students must obtain a mark of 60% in the set assignments which could take the form of written assignments and practical assignments. Students must also obtain a mark of 100% in quizzes.  If a student does not achieve the required score, they will be given an opportunity to resubmit the assignment to obtain the required score.

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You are expected to spend approximately 5-8 hours per week learning the course content. This includes attending fortnightly webinars that run for about 90 minutes to facilitate class discussion and allow you to ask questions. This program has a 65% attendance requirement in the live webinars in order to graduate from the program.  If you are unable to attend the live webinars, you have the option of watching the recording of completed webinars and sending a summary of what you have learnt from the webinar to the Learning Support officer.  The summaries go towards your attendance requirement for the program.

This program is run online on an intensive part-time basis and has been designed to fit around full-time work. It will take three months to complete.

We understand that sometimes work commitments and personal circumstances can get in the way of your studies, so if at any point you feel that you are struggling with the pace of the course or finding a particular module challenging, you are encouraged to contact your designated Learning Support Officer for assistance.

Registrations are open for our upcoming intakes. Please ensure you book your place at least one week before the start date of the program.

Hear from our students

  The delivery methodology and the information available in the e-library can’t be beaten. The other important aspect of online education is recorded lectures. You can review the tutorial and lessons on repeat when you need to understand the concept.  
M Masemola, South Africa
  What I liked most about the course and EIT is the flexibility is offered regarding education. It gave me the opportunity to study and work full-time.  
C Groenewald, South Africa
  I enjoyed interacting with students all around the world, and seeing how the principles I have learned applies to them as well.  
S Zeelie, South Africa
  My line of work requires me travel quite often. I could not attend every class due to my remote locations, but still I could recap and stay on top of the study material thanks to the recordings. Also, all the Instructors were world class.  
P Pretorius, South Africa

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