Costing Model for Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage (COSMIC)

Applicable to all sectors considering CCUS solutions

‘COSMIC’ stands for ‘Costing Model for Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage’, and is software used to calculate the costs of your CCUS project. It has an easy-to-use Graphic User Interface (GUI) that provides options for various CO₂ capture technologies, CO₂ compression, and different modes of CO₂ transport. Fossil fuel based or renewable energy can be selected to meet the energy requirements for the CCS chain.

COSMIC uses mass and energy balances to determine the type and size of equipment required. Equipment costs are estimated using published/literature data, scaling law and the use of Lang factors. The model also calculates the mass of CO₂ captured and CO₂ avoided.