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Technical and economic analysis of chemical looping combustion with humid air turbine power cycle

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Abstract

Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is an innovative concept that offers potentially attractive option to capture CO2 with appreciably lower thermal efficiency penalties when compared to the tradition approaches. This paper presents process simulation, technical and economic analysis of the CLC integrated with humid air turbine (HAT) cycle for natural gas-fired power plant with CO2 capture. Aspen Plus® process simulator and Aspen Process Economic Analyzer® were employed for technical and economic analysis of the CLC-HAT and conventional HAT cycle. The analysis shows the CLC- HAT cycle has a thermal efficiency of 57 % at oxidizing temperature of 1,200 oC and reducer inlet temperature of 530 oC. The economic evaluation performed shows that a 50MWth CLC-HAT plant with a projected lifetime of 30 y has a payback period of 6 y compared to 7 y for conventional HAT cycle. This indicates that CLC-HAT cycle is commercially viable with respect to CO2 capture cost.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Aided Chemical Engineering
PublisherElsevier B.V.
Pages1123-1128
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameComputer Aided Chemical Engineering
Volume33
ISSN (Print)1570-7946

Keywords

  • Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC)
  • Economic Analysis
  • Humid Air Turbine (HAT)
  • Process simulation

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