Using auxiliary gas power for CCS energy needs in retrofitted coal power plants
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Bashadi, Sarah O.
Herzog, Howard J.
Date Issued
April 2011
Journal
Energy Procedia
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Elsevier
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Bashadi, Sarah O., and Howard J. Herzog. “Using Auxiliary Gas Power for CCS Energy Needs in Retrofitted Coal Power Plants.” Energy Procedia 4 (2011): 1828–1834.
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Abstract
Adding post-combustion capture technology to existing coal-fired power plants is being considered as a near-term option for mitigating CO[subscript 2] emissions. To supply the thermal energy needed for CO[subscript 2] capture, much of the literature proposes thermal integration of the existing coal plant’s steam cycle with the capture process’ stripper reboiler. This paper examines the option of using an auxiliary natural gas turbine plant to meet the energetic demands of carbon capture and compression. Three different auxiliary plant technologies were compared to integration for 90% capture from an existing, 500 MW supercritical coal plant. CO[subscript 2] capture (via a monoethylamine (MEA) absorption process) and compression is simulated using Aspen Plus. Thermoflow software is used to simulate three gas plant technologies. In some circumstances, it is found that using an auxiliary natural gas turbine may make retrofits more attractive compared to using thermal integration. The most important factors affecting desirability of the auxiliary plant retrofit are the cost of natural gas, the full cost of integration, and the potential for sale of excess electricity.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.060
