The Korean Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) under the direction of the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) announced in December 2011 that a research proposal led by Yonsei University (Korea) has been selected to be a new project under the International Cooperation Programme on Energies and Resources. The aim of the project is to design an advanced IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) process to produce power and ultrapure hydrogen simultaneously. The carbon capture group at the University of Edinburgh (UK) will participate in this international joint project as the sole foreign partner, selected for its renowned carbon capture research. A PhD project over the next three years will be supported by the Korean Government (£190k) to develop the rigorous design of the IGCC process integrated with an H2 Pressure Swing Adsorption process operating at 35 bar.
