Heat integration and analysis of decarbonised IGCC sites

Ng, Kok Siew, Lopez, Yadira, Campbell, Grant M. and Sadhukhan, Jhuma (2010) Heat integration and analysis of decarbonised IGCC sites. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 88 (2). pp. 170-188. ISSN 0263-8762

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Abstract

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generation systems have become of interest due to their high combined heat and power (CHP) generation efficiency and flexibility to include carbon capture and storage (CCS) in order to reduce CO2 emissions. However, IGCC's biggest challenge is its high cost of energy production. In this study, decarbonised coal IGCC sites integrated with CCS have been investigated for heat integration and economic value analyses. It is envisaged that the high energy production cost of an IGCC site can be offset by maximising site-wide heat recovery and thereby improving the cost of electricity (COE) of CHP generation. Strategies for designing high efficiency CHP networks have been proposed based on thermodynamic heuristics and pinch theory. Additionally, a comprehensive methodology to determine the COE from a process site has been developed. In this work, we have established thermodynamic and economic comparisons between IGCC sites with and without CCS and a trade-off between the degree of decarbonisation and the COE from the heat integrated IGCC sites. The results show that the COE from the heat integrated decarbonised IGCC sites is significantly lower compared to IGCC sites without heat integration making application of CCS in IGCC sites economically competitive.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Schools:	School of Applied Sciences
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Depositing User:	Elizabeth Boulton
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2015 11:37
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2015 11:58
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23611

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