Overview
Designing effective carbon capture infrastructure is critical to the technical and economic success of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. Capture systems must integrate process, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation considerations while meeting performance, safety, and cost objectives.
In Design of Carbon Capture Infrastructure, you’ll examine how post‑combustion carbon capture systems are conceptualized, designed, and evaluated. The course focuses on carbon capture process selection, techno‑economic considerations, and the development of design work packages across process, mechanical, and electrical and instrumentation (E&I) disciplines. You’ll also explore how life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to evaluate and improve carbon capture infrastructure design.
The course is delivered online in a self‑paced format, with access to instructor guidance throughout. You’ll work through structured content, applied assignments, and quizzes that emphasize process conceptualization, capture system design, documentation, and evaluation using realistic CCS design scenarios.
By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to apply engineering design principles and standards to post‑combustion carbon capture infrastructure. You’ll be able to assess capture technology options, contribute to the development of design documentation, and explain how techno‑economic analysis and LCA inform capture system design decisions within CCS projects.
This course is ideal if you:
- want to apply engineering design principles to carbon capture infrastructure
- work in or alongside engineering, design, or technical roles supporting CCS projects
- are interested in process, mechanical, and E&I considerations for capture systems
- need applied context for evaluating and documenting carbon capture designs.
Completion of ENVS 011 Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage is required before taking this course. No additional education or work experience is required; learners should be comfortable engaging with technical concepts related to engineering design, process systems, and emissions‑reduction technologies.
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
- describe the different carbon capture technologies and processes and their technical readiness, benefits and limitations
- outline sector-specific applications for CCS, including strengths and weaknesses
- describe the components, objectives and constraints associated with post-combustion carbon capture processing
- demonstrate an understanding of how to develop and document capture process design work packages
- demonstrate an understanding of how to develop and document related mechanical design work packages
- demonstrate an understanding of how to document related electrical and instrumentation design requirements
- demonstrate an understanding of how to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the carbon capture process and use outputs of LCA to inform and improve carbon capture processing.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
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Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L).
Technology
To be successful in this course, you'll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements
- Internet access.
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants, including the Canada Alberta Productivity Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
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