Large Capture Research Articles

Neutron-activatable needles for radionuclide therapy of solid tumors.

Various approaches have been undertaken to enhance the delivery of therapeutic agents, including tissue-killing radionuclides, into solid tumors. Here, we describe the preparation of conical needles composed of Ti and Mo coated by pulsed laser deposition or chemical vapor deposition with elements (Ho and Re) that can readily yield radioactive isotopes following irradiation in a neutron flux. The radioactive needles, whose design were based on solid microneedle arrays used in transdermal drug delivery, can be produced with minimal handling of radioactivity and subsequently inserted into tumors as a means of internal radiation therapy. Ho and Re were specifically chosen because of their large neutron capture cross-sections as well as the desirable radiotherapeutic properties of the resultant radionuclides. Neutron-absorbing shields were also developed to prevent the production of unwanted radionuclides after neutron irradiation of the needle base materials. Neutron activation calculations showed that therapeutically significant amounts of radionuclides can be produced for treating solid tumors. Stability studies demonstrated that Re did not leach off the Mo needles. These coated neutron-activatable needles offer a new approach to internal radiation therapy of tumors that allows precise tailoring of the absorbed radiation dose delivered to the tumor by controlling the coating thickness and the irradiation time. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 3273-3280, 2017.

Coordinated motion control of a dual-arm space robot with joint-limit avoidance and uncertain inertial parameters

In this article, a new adaptive coordinated motion control approach is introduced for a dual-arm free-floating space robot. This adaptive algorithm is used for the post-capture of a large noncooperative target with joint-limit avoidance and uncertain dynamic parameters. To overcome the problem of dynamics coupling between the space base, its manipulators, and the target, we develop a dual-arm space robotic system. One arm is used to complete the capture task and the other is used to counteract the disturbance to the space base. In this case, a new coordinated motion control law is derived based on reaction null space control. An improved joint-limit avoidance algorithm is implemented for large noncooperative target capture; otherwise, a significant base disturbance may result if the joint-limit constraints are not explicitly considered. Based on momentum conservation, the linear regression form of the estimation problem is obtained, and we further identify the unknown inertial parameters of the target. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Making gas‐CCS a commercial reality: The challenges of scaling up

AbstractSignificant reductions in CO2 emissions are required to limit the global temperature rise to 2°C. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key enabling technology that can be applied to power generation and industrial processes to lower their carbon intensity. There are, however, several challenges that such a method of decarbonization poses when used in the context of natural gas (gas‐CCS), especially for solvent‐based (predominantly amines) post‐combustion capture. These are related to: (i) the low CO2 partial pressure of the exhaust gases from gas‐fired power plants (∼3‐4%vol. CO2), which substantially limits the driving force for the capture process; (ii) their high O2 concentration (∼12‐13%vol. O2), which can degrade the capture media via oxidative solvent degradation; and (iii) their high volumetric flow rates, which means large capture plants are needed. Such post‐combustion gas‐CCS features unavoidably lead to increased CO2 capture costs. This perspective aims to summarize the key technologies used to overcome these as a priority, including supplementary firing, humidified systems, exhaust gas recirculation and selective exhaust gas recirculation. These focus on the maximum CO2 levels achievable for each, as well as the electrical efficiencies attainable when the capture penalty is taken into account. Oxy‐turbine cycles are also discussed as an alternative to post‐combustion gas‐CCS, indicating the main advantages and limitations of these systems together with the expected electrical efficiencies. Furthermore, we consider the challenges for scaling‐up and deployment of these technologies at a commercial level to enable gas‐CCS to play a crucial role in a low‐carbon future. © 2017 The Authors. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology published by Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Abstract 2444: Recurrent mutations and clinical outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma

Abstract Follicular lymphoma (FL), the most common indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), is associated with a highly heterogeneous clinical course. The genetic landscape of FL is less understood than other B-cell NHLs such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. With ongoing clinical trials using therapies targeting B cell receptor signaling (e.g., ibrutinib) in FL, recurrent mutations could impact the interpretation of these trial outcomes and the identification of specific patient subpopulations that have increased or decreased clinical benefit. To identify novel recurrent mutations in FL, we designed a large custom capture lymphoma-related gene panel (WUSM-LP) and queried 113 predominantly treatment-naïve FL samples. To design the WUSM-LP reagent (NimbleGen), we targeted the coding regions of 1716 genes identified in exome sequencing data from a cohort of 24 patients (28 samples) with FL combined with genes recurrently mutated in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the literature (Krysiak K et al., Blood, 2016). Previously, we applied the WUSM-LP to the discovery cohort and an additional 81, primarily treatment-naïve, FL samples. Using mutations identified in these 105 individuals, we identified 39 significantly mutated genes (SMGs). These included well-characterized genes in FL (e.g., KMT2D, EZH2, TNFRSF14), and identified novel mutations (BTK, HVCN1, and others) thereby expanding the repertoire of mutations affecting genes in the BCR signaling pathway, SWI/SNF complex and histone family. Including novel BTK mutations, we identified 23 (22%) individuals harboring mutations that likely up-regulate signaling downstream of BTK, potentially affecting response rates to BTK-targeting therapies at the point of FL diagnosis. We also focused on the subset FL patients (N=59) that were sequenced within 1 year of front-line therapy in order to identify clinical associations between recurrent mutations and clinical outcomes, comparing mutation status of SMGs to progression-free survival (PFS) rates. Improved PFS was observed in patients harboring HVCN1 mutations (p<0.05) in the treated cohort. CREBBP mutations were associated with significantly reduced PFS (p<0.05). Since our initial analysis, we have completed sequencing of an additional 174 FL samples with clinical data available. Confirming our earlier observations with an independent cohort, we observed 9 TNFAIP3 truncating, 18 CARD11 coiled-coil domain, 4 BCL10 truncating and 8 BTK mutations in these samples. These mutations affect 18.4% of FL patients in this cohort, are likely to up-regulate NFkappaB signaling and may impact ibrutinib sensitivity. With the additional power of 8 HVCN1 and 110 CREBBP mutations we have identified, we will evaluate the previously identified associations. The analyses of recurrent mutations and clinical correlations in this combined cohort of nearly 300 FL patients are ongoing and will be presented. Citation Format: Kilannin Krysiak, Cody Ramirez, Felicia Gomez, Christopher A. Miller, Robert S. Fulton, Friederike Kreisel, Amanda F. Cashen, Nancy L. Bartlett, Ana Ruano, Eric D. Hsi, Malachi Griffith, Obi L. Griffith, Todd A. Fehniger. Recurrent mutations and clinical outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2444. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2444

Overview of a Large Scale Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Demonstration Project in an Active Oil Field in Texas, USA

The Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration (SWP) is one of seven large scale CO2 sequestration projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The primary objective of the SWP effort, currently in its demonstration stage, is to exhibit and evaluate an active commercial-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) operation, and demonstrate associated effective site characterization, monitoring, verification, accounting, and risk assessment. The SWP has monitored storage of 461,040 metric tonnes of CO2 between October, 2013 and June, 2016 into 16 active patterns. At least 1 million metric tonnes of CO2 will be stored prior to completion of the study. The SWP project is located within an active EOR field, a mature waterflood in the Farnsworth Unit, Texas, which is undergoing conversion to a CO2 flood. All CO2 utilized by the project is anthropogenic, sourced from a fertilizer and an ethanol plant, and this CO2 would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere. Much of the injected CO2 will be trapped permanently in the subsurface, and a primary objective is to quantify CO2 storage capacity and study conditions and characteristics that promote trapping. This project will contribute to the development of future commercial CCUS projects in the United States by demonstrating all aspects of an actual commercial CCUS field operation, including effective reservoir engineering, monitoring, and simulation technologies.The project has acquired multiple data sets for site characterization, monitoring CO2 plume growth, and storage security. Surface and near-surface monitoring methods used to evaluate CO2 migration out of the reservoir, have verified that CO2 leakage to the surface and/or groundwater has not occurred through September of 2016. As the SWP acquires data for each major area of study (characterization, monitoring, simulation, and risk), information and feedback are acquired to improve the work in other focus areas. A conscious effort is made to discern aspects of the work that can contribute to Department of Energy Best Practices Manuals for carbon sequestration, in particular as it relates to CCUS projects. This paper presents the SWP project, its current status, and progress towards primary goals.

Start-up of Port-Jérôme CRYOCAP™ Plant: Optimized Cryogenic CO2 Capture from H2 Plants

Air Liquide has developed a solution specifically tailored for CO2 capture from H2 production plant which is called CRYOCAP™ H2. This technology uses cryogenic purification to separate the CO2 from the PSA offgas. Thanks to the use of membrane, H2 recovery from syngas is also increased.The technology has been demonstrated at industrial scale with the start up of the first CRYOCAP™ H2 plant at Port Jérôme, France in 2015. Several key features were demonstrated:•The integration of the CRYOCAP™ H2 unit within the existing H2 production plant•The increase of H2 production flow•The compression of fluctuating PSA offgas flow with a centrifugal compressor•The operation of the cold box near the triple point•The production of liquid food grade CO2Following the start-up of Port-Jérôme plant, CRYOCAP™ H2 technology combines a sufficient level of maturity and competitive CO2 production cost making it an attractive option for large CO2 capture plants.

Evaluation and Modeling of Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium and CO2 Absorption Enthalpies of Aqueous Designer Diamines for Post Combustion Capture Processes

Novel absorbents with improved characteristics are required to reduce the existing cost and environmental barriers to deployment of large scale CO2 capture. Recently, bespoke absorbent molecules have been specifically designed for CO2 capture applications, and their fundamental properties and suitability for CO2 capture processes evaluated. From the study, two unique diamine molecules, 4-(2-hydroxyethylamino)piperidine (A4) and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-aminopiperidine (C4), were selected for further evaluation including thermodynamic characterization. The solubilities of CO2 in two diamine solutions with a mass fraction of 15% and 30% were measured at different temperatures (313.15-393.15 K) and CO2 partial pressures (up to 400 kPa) by thermostatic vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) stirred cell. The absorption enthalpies of reactions between diamines and CO2 were evaluated at different temperatures (313.15 and 333.15 K) using a CPA201 reaction calorimeter. The amine protonation constants and associated protonation enthalpies were determined by potentiometric titration. The interaction of CO2 with the diamine solutions was summarized and a simple mathematical model established that could make a preliminary but good prediction of the VLE and thermodynamic properties. Based on the analyses in this work, the two designer diamines A4 and C4 showed superior performance compared to amines typically used for CO2 capture and further research will be completed at larger scale.

Pollutant concentrations and emission rates from natural gas cooking burners without and with range hood exhaust in nine California homes

Combustion pollutant concentrations were measured during the scripted operation of natural gas cooking burners in nine homes. Boiling and simmering activities were conducted on the stovetop and in the oven with and without range hood exhaust ventilation or air mixing via a forced air system. Time-resolved concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particles with diameters of 6 nm or larger (PN), carbon monoxide (CO), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) were measured in the kitchen and bedroom area of each home. Four of the nine homes had kitchen 1 h NO2 exceed the national ambient air quality standard (100 ppb). In all homes, the highest 1 h integrated PN exceeded 2 × 105 cm−3-h, and the highest 4 h PN exceeded 3 × 105 cm−3-hr in the kitchen. Range hood performance varied widely, but one with a large capture volume and a measured flow of 108 L/s reduced concentrations 80–95%. Increased awareness of the need to ventilate when cooking, along with building standards for minimum range hood flow rates and volume, could substantially reduce exposures to NO2 and ultrafine particles in homes.

Accuracy map of an optical motion capture system with 42 or 21 cameras in a large measurement volume

Optical motion capture is commonly used in biomechanics to measure human kinematics. However, no studies have yet examined the accuracy of optical motion capture in a large capture volume (>100m3), or how accuracy varies from the center to the extreme edges of the capture volume. This study measured the dynamic 3D errors of an optical motion capture system composed of 42 OptiTrack Prime 41 cameras (capture volume of 135m3) by comparing the motion of a single marker to the motion reported by a ThorLabs linear motion stage. After spline interpolating the data, it was found that 97% of the capture area had error below 200μm. When the same analysis was performed using only half (21) of the cameras, 91% of the capture area was below 200μm of error. The only locations that exceeded this threshold were at the extreme edges of the capture area, and no location had a mean error exceeding 1mm. When measuring human kinematics with skin-mounted markers, uncertainty of marker placement relative to underlying skeletal features and soft tissue artifact produce errors that are orders of magnitude larger than the errors attributed to the camera system itself. Therefore, the accuracy of this OptiTrack optical motion capture system was found to be more than sufficient for measuring full-body human kinematics with skin-mounted markers in a large capture volume (>100m3).

Multi-stage 3D–2D registration for correction of anatomical deformation in image-guided spine surgery

A multi-stage image-based 3D–2D registration method is presented that maps annotations in a 3D image (e.g. point labels annotating individual vertebrae in preoperative CT) to an intraoperative radiograph in which the patient has undergone non-rigid anatomical deformation due to changes in patient positioning or due to the intervention itself.The proposed method (termed msLevelCheck) extends a previous rigid registration solution (LevelCheck) to provide an accurate mapping of vertebral labels in the presence of spinal deformation. The method employs a multi-stage series of rigid 3D–2D registrations performed on sets of automatically determined and increasingly localized sub-images, with the final stage achieving a rigid mapping for each label to yield a locally rigid yet globally deformable solution. The method was evaluated first in a phantom study in which a CT image of the spine was acquired followed by a series of 7 mobile radiographs with increasing degree of deformation applied. Second, the method was validated using a clinical data set of patients exhibiting strong spinal deformation during thoracolumbar spine surgery. Registration accuracy was assessed using projection distance error (PDE) and failure rate (PDE > 20 mm—i.e. label registered outside vertebra).The msLevelCheck method was able to register all vertebrae accurately for all cases of deformation in the phantom study, improving the maximum PDE of the rigid method from 22.4 mm to 3.9 mm. The clinical study demonstrated the feasibility of the approach in real patient data by accurately registering all vertebral labels in each case, eliminating all instances of failure encountered in the conventional rigid method.The multi-stage approach demonstrated accurate mapping of vertebral labels in the presence of strong spinal deformation. The msLevelCheck method maintains other advantageous aspects of the original LevelCheck method (e.g. compatibility with standard clinical workflow, large capture range, and robustness against mismatch in image content) and extends capability to cases exhibiting strong changes in spinal curvature.

Excellent electrochemical properties and large CO2 capture of nitrogen-doped activated porous carbon synthesised from waste longan shells

We present a low-cost approach for facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped porous carbons by utilising waste longan shell as carbon source and carbamide as additional nitrogen source through KOH activation at 600°C–900°C for 2hours under N2 atmosphere. The obtained porous carbons possess highly-developed ultra-micropores (approximately 0.6nm), an ultrahigh specific surface area (up to 3260 m2 g-1) and a nitrogen content of 2.3 at.%. The porous carbon exhibits excellent electrochemical properties (a high specific capacity up to 322 F g-1 and an energy density of up to 20.4W h kg-1) at a current density of 0.5 A g-1 in 6M KOH and an excellent cycle stability (retained almost 96.2% specific capacitance after 5000 cycles). In addition, the porous carbon shows high CO2 adsorption capacities of 5.6 mmol g-1 (at 0°C) and 4.3 mmol g-1 (at 25°C) and high CO2 selectivity against N2. These results indicate that the fabricated porous carbon is a promising electrode material for supercapacitors and a solid adsorbent for CO2 uptake.

Semi-automated software for dorsal fin photographic identification of marine species: application to Carcharodon carcharias

When dealing with large marine species, individual photographic identification plays a very important part in capture–mark–recapture studies. The success of this method is determined by the consistent correct identification of individuals, but as the number of images in the database increases, the task becomes increasingly time-consuming, affecting the accuracy of the matches. Although a few software packages are available, universally applied methods remain problematic in long-term studies, suggesting the need for species-specific software. This study presents new image recognition software tested on white sharks’ dorsal fins and is based on a dynamic time warping algorithm. The software is specifically designed to improve the matching success of individuals, to standardise the data collection and to increase the overall accuracy when managing a large capture–mark–recapture database.

Vacancies at the Cu–Nb semicoherent interface

We present the 0 K structures and formation energies for vacancy clusters of up to four vacancies and migration barriers for a single vacancy at a semicoherent Kurdjumov–Sachs Cu–Nb interface using ab initio calculations. Two main results emerge from this study, first that the predicted vacancy structure is compact, differing notoriously with predictions based on available empirical potentials, and second that vacancy clusters containing up to four vacancies have a smaller formation energy than monovacancy in bulk. Additionally, the binding energies show that the vacancy clusters are energetically stable for clusters having up to four vacancies. Nudged elastic band calculations of migration barriers show that the migration of a vacancy from one misfit dislocation intersection to another is highly improbable due to the high barriers. These findings suggest that at nonzero temperatures the interface will be preloaded with vacancy clusters with a relatively large capture radius for interstitials in the interface plane, implying that the semicoherent Cu–Nb interface could be a highly effective sink for point defects that form due to irradiation.

Registration of MRI to intraoperative radiographs for target localization in spinal interventions

Decision support to assist in target vertebra localization could provide a useful aid to safe and effective spine surgery. Previous solutions have shown 3D–2D registration of preoperative CT to intraoperative radiographs to reliably annotate vertebral labels for assistance during level localization. We present an algorithm (referred to as MR-LevelCheck) to perform 3D–2D registration based on a preoperative MRI to accommodate the increasingly common clinical scenario in which MRI is used instead of CT for preoperative planning.Straightforward adaptation of gradient/intensity-based methods appropriate to CT-to-radiograph registration is confounded by large mismatch and noncorrespondence in image intensity between MRI and radiographs. The proposed method overcomes such challenges with a simple vertebrae segmentation step using vertebra centroids as seed points (automatically defined within existing workflow). Forwards projections are computed using segmented MRI and registered to radiographs via gradient orientation (GO) similarity and the CMA-ES (covariance-matrix-adaptation evolutionary-strategy) optimizer. The method was tested in an IRB-approved study involving 10 patients undergoing cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spine surgery following preoperative MRI.The method successfully registered each preoperative MRI to intraoperative radiographs and maintained desirable properties of robustness against image content mismatch and large capture range. Robust registration performance was achieved with projection distance error (PDE) (median ± IQR) = 4.3 ± 2.6 mm (median ± IQR) and 0% failure rate. Segmentation accuracy for the continuous max-flow method yielded dice coefficient = 88.1 ± 5.2, accuracy = 90.6 ± 5.7, RMSE = 1.8 ± 0.6 mm, and contour affinity ratio (CAR) = 0.82 ± 0.08. Registration performance was found to be robust for segmentation methods exhibiting RMSE <3 mm and CAR >0.50.The MR-LevelCheck method provides a potentially valuable extension to a previously developed decision support tool for spine surgery target localization by extending its utility to preoperative MRI while maintaining characteristics of accuracy and robustness.

Timescales of landscape response to divide migration and drainage capture: Implications for the role of divide mobility in landscape evolution

AbstractEfforts to extract information about climate and tectonics from topography commonly assume that river networks are static. Drainage divides can migrate through time, however, and recent work has shown that divide mobility can potentially induce changes in river profiles comparable to changes caused by variation in rock uplift, climate, or rock properties. We use 1‐D river profile and 2‐D landscape evolution simulations to evaluate how mobile divides influence the interpretation of river profiles in tectonically active settings. We define a nondimensional divide migration number, NDm, as the ratio of the timescale of channel profile response to a change in drainage area (TdA) to the timescale of divide migration (TDm). In simulations of headward divide migration, NDm is much less than unity with no measurable perturbation of channel profiles. Only in simulations configured to induce rapid lateral divide migration are there occasional large stream capture events and zones where localized drainage area loss is fast enough to support NDm values near unity. The rapid response of channel profiles to changes in drainage area ensures that under most conditions profiles maintain quasi‐equilibrium forms and thus generally reflect spatiotemporal variation in rock uplift, climate, or rock properties even during active divide migration. This implies that channel profile form may not reliably record divide mobility, so we evaluate alternate metrics of divide mobility. In our simulations and an example in Taiwan, we find that simple measures of cross‐divide contrasts in topography are more robust metrics of divide mobility than measures of drainage network topology.

A highly porous metal-organic framework for large organic molecule capture and chromatographic separation.

A highly porous metal-organic framework (MOF) with large pores was successfully obtained via solvothermal assembly of a "click"-extended tricarboxylate ligand and Zn(ii) ions. The inherent feature of large-molecule accessible pores endows the MOF with a unique property for utilization toward large guest molecules.

Measurement of the 241Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties in the evaluated data, which is important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors and, in particular, for determining their performance in the transmutation of nuclear waste. We have measured the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n-TOF facility between 0.2 eV and 10 keV with a BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter, and the analysis of the measurement has been recently concluded. Our results are in reasonable agreement below 20 eV with the ones published by C. Lampoudis et al. in 2013, who reported a 22% larger capture cross section up to 110 eV compared to experimental and evaluated data published before. Our results also indicate that the 241Am(n,γ) cross section is underestimated in the present evaluated libraries between 20 eV and 2 keV by 25%, on average, and up to 35% for certain evaluations and energy ranges.

Carbonation Performance of NaNO3 Modified MgO Sorbents

NaNO3 modified MgO sorbents have a large theoretical CO2 capture capacity, but their practical capture performance at medium temperatures (350–400 °C) is poor for the high thermodynamic equilibrium partial pressure of CO2 at these temperatures. The thermodynamic limitations for NaNO3 modified MgO sorbents can be relaxed by adding alkali or alkaline earth carbonates, and the effective carbonation temperature can be shifted to the higher temperatures (350–400 °C) to satisfy the requirement of fast kinetic reactions. In this paper, the CO2 absorption characteristics of NaNO3 modified MgO with or without CaCO3 are compared experimentally to verify the promoting effects of CaCO3. Based on the CaCO3 promoting theory, the methods of stage heating during carbonation and partial decomposition during regeneration were adopted to improve the CO2 absorption ability of NaNO3 modified MgO sorbents at 350 °C. Combined with the composition of fuel gas, effects of increasing CO2 partial pressure and H2O were tested, and t...

What Determines the Lifetime of Photoexcited Carriers on TiO2 Surfaces?

Pump–probe time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements have been carried out to comparatively assess the relaxation process of the photoexcited states on pristine and Ar+-sputtered TiO2(110) surfaces and a TiO2(011)-2 × 1 surface, on which the accumulation-type space charge layers are developed. Ultraviolet laser irradiation induces a surface photovoltage (SPV) of around 0.1 eV. The SPV relaxation time on pristine TiO2(110) is determined to be approximately 100 ns and is doubled on the sputtered surface. In contrast, a much shorter time of 1 ns is observed on TiO2(011)-2 × 1. The difference in the relaxation time on the two TiO2(110) surfaces is explained by differences in the O vacancy density on the surface as well as the barrier height of the surface potential for the photoexcited holes. A large hole capture cross section of a state characteristic of TiO2(011)-2 × 1 is, on the other hand, responsible for the fast SPV relaxation on this surface.

Hydrodynamic and mass transfer evaluation of post-combustion CO2 capture process for power plants

The present work is a comparative evaluation on CO2 capture process post-combustion by chemical absorption with alkanolamines, of three Mexican power plants, each one with a different method of operation and fossil fuel used: natural gas type, gas turbine type, and of coal type. They were compared with one another to determine which one has the largest CO2 capture flow. This comparison was done through an experimental facility with mainly absorption column of: 0.30 m diameter, 3.5 m packed height, structured packings, and 30 % weight solvent concentrations of monoethanolamine. The experimental data let to develop numerical evaluations through computer simulation on steady state of the integrated plants. The results show that the highest CO2 capture flow was obtained from the coal-fired power plant with 3.03 t/d, followed by natural gas type with 1.88 t/d, and the lowest one was the gas turbine type with 0.80 t/d.