Optimization of a Natural Gas Power Plant with Membrane and Solid Sorbent Carbon Capture Systems

Autor: Frits Byron Soepyan, Mahpara Habib, Zhien Zhang, Leo R. Nemetz, Md Emdadul Haque, Aaron M. Esquino, Joanna R. Rivero, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, G. Glenn Lipscomb, Michael S. Matuszewski, Katherine M. Hornbostel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Carbon Capture Science & Technology, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 100165- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2772-6568
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccst.2023.100165
Popis: Carbon capture & storage (CCS) with high capture rates (90-99%) will be necessary to keep natural gas around in a low-carbon future. Furthermore, as intermittent renewable energy expands, natural gas power plants will have to operate at low-load conditions more frequently. To meet these demands, we propose a natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant with a hybrid CCS system that can attain high capture rates and easily cycle between high-load and low-load conditions. More specifically, we propose an integrated system where natural gas exhaust is first processed by a membrane CCS system and then by a solid sorbent CCS system. We integrated models of an NGCC plant, a membrane carbon capture system and a solid sorbent carbon capture system into a single optimization platform to maximize the net present value (NPV) and carbon capture rate of the integrated system. The optimization results indicate a 99.3% carbon capture rate from the inlet natural gas stream at high-load conditions, and a 99.6% carbon capture rate from the inlet natural gas stream at low-load conditions. Compared to a baseline NGCC system without carbon capture, the integrated system has a higher NPV, which indicates that performing carbon capture is more profitable than operating an NGCC system without carbon capture in a future with CO2 taxes. Compared to a baseline NGCC system with an amine-based CCS system that performs 90.7% carbon capture, the proposed integrated system captures more carbon and emits less CO2, while still maintaining a competitive CO2 capture cost.
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