This paper investigates novel IGCC plants that employ hydrogen separation membranes in order to capture carbon dioxide for long-term storage. The thermodynamic performance of these membrane-based plants are compared with similar IGCCs that capture using conventional (i.e., solvent absorption) technology. The basic plant configuration employs an entrained-flow, oxygen-blown coal gasifier with quench cooling, followed by an adiabatic water gas shift (WGS) reactor that converts most of CO contained in the syngas into and . The syngas then enters a WGS membrane reactor where the syngas undergoes further shifting; simultaneously, in the syngas permeates through the hydrogen-selective, dense metal membrane into a counter-current nitrogen “sweep” flow. The permeated , diluted by , constitutes a decarbonized fuel for the combined cycle power plant whose exhaust is free. Exiting the membrane reactor is a hot, high pressure “raffinate” stream composed primarily of and steam, but also containing “fuel species” such as , unconverted CO, and unpermeated . Two different schemes (oxygen catalytic combustion and cryogenic separation) have been investigated to both exploit the heating value of the fuel species and produce a -rich stream for long term storage. Our calculations indicate that, when of the in the original syngas is extracted as by the membrane reactor, the membrane-based IGCC systems are more efficient by percentage points than the reference IGCC with capture based on commercially ready technology.
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CO2 Sequestration From IGCC Power Plants by Means of Metallic Membranes
Paolo Chiesa,
Paolo Chiesa
Dipartimento di Energetica,
e-mail: paolo.chiesa@polimi.it
Politecnico di Milano
, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Thomas G. Kreutz,
Thomas G. Kreutz
Princeton Environmental Institute,
e-mail: kreutz@princeton.edu
Princeton University
, 25 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544 USA
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Giovanni G. Lozza
Giovanni G. Lozza
Dipartimento di Energetica,
e-mail: giovanni.lozza@polimi.it
Politecnico di Milano
, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Paolo Chiesa
Dipartimento di Energetica,
Politecnico di Milano
, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italye-mail: paolo.chiesa@polimi.it
Thomas G. Kreutz
Princeton Environmental Institute,
Princeton University
, 25 Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544 USAe-mail: kreutz@princeton.edu
Giovanni G. Lozza
Dipartimento di Energetica,
Politecnico di Milano
, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italye-mail: giovanni.lozza@polimi.it
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jan 2007, 129(1): 123-134 (12 pages)
Published Online: September 6, 2005
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August 30, 2005
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Chiesa, P., Kreutz, T. G., and Lozza, G. G. (September 6, 2005). "CO2 Sequestration From IGCC Power Plants by Means of Metallic Membranes." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. January 2007; 129(1): 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2181184
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