Method For Burning Carbonated Fuels With Combustion Smoke Filtration Before Compression

A process for the combustion of carbon-containing fuels, comprising;

• employing a combustion unit that produces flue gases, wherein said flue gases comprise carbon dioxide, solid particles and at least one impurity selected from the group consisting of:
• water, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides,
• comprising the following steps:
• a) filtrating the flue gases, thereby achieving a solid particle concentration of less than 1 mg/m3;
• b) compressing the flue gases filtered at step a);
• c) purifying the flue gases compressed at step b), thereby at least partly eliminating at least one of the impurities;
• and
• d) recovering a CO2-enriched gas stream.