Comparative assessment of gasification based coal power plants with various CO2 capture technologies producing electricity and hydrogen

MUKHERJEE, Sanjay, KUMAR, Prashant, HOSSEINI, Ali, YANG, Aidong and FENNEL, Paul (2014). Comparative assessment of gasification based coal power plants with various CO2 capture technologies producing electricity and hydrogen. Energy & Fuels, 28 (2), 1028-1040.

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Abstract

Seven different types of gasification-based coal conversion processes for producing mainly electricity and in some cases hydrogen (H2), with and without carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, were compared on a consistent basis through simulation studies. The flowsheet for each process was developed in a chemical process simulation tool “Aspen Plus”. The pressure swing adsorption (PSA), physical absorption (Selexol), and chemical looping combustion (CLC) technologies were separately analyzed for processes with CO2 capture. The performances of the above three capture technologies were compared with respect to energetic and exergetic efficiencies, and the level of CO2 emission. The effect of air separation unit (ASU) and gas turbine (GT) integration on the power output of all the CO2 capture cases is assessed. Sensitivity analysis was carried out for the CLC process (electricity-only case) to examine the effect of temperature and water-cooling of the air reactor on the overall efficiency of the process. The results show that, when only electricity production in considered, the case using CLC technology has an electrical efficiency 1.3% and 2.3% higher than the PSA and Selexol based cases, respectively. The CLC based process achieves an overall CO2 capture efficiency of 99.9% in contrast to 89.9% for PSA and 93.5% for Selexol based processes. The overall efficiency of the CLC case for combined electricity and H2 production is marginally higher (by 0.3%) than Selexol and lower (by 0.6%) than PSA cases. The integration between the ASU and GT units benefits all three technologies in terms of electrical efficiency. Furthermore, our results suggest that it is favorable to operate the air reactor of the CLC process at higher temperatures with excess air supply in order to achieve higher power efficiency.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1021/ef4024299
Page Range: 1028-1040
Depositing User: Sanjay Mukherjee
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2016 17:06
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:03
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14135

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