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Combined cycle power plants with post-combustion CO2 capture : Energy analysis at part load conditions for different HRSG configurations

Vaccarelli, Maura ; Sammak, Majed LU ; Jonshagen, Klas LU ; Carapellucci, Roberto and Genrup, Magnus LU (2016) In Energy 112. p.917-925
Abstract

The part-load behaviour of combined cycle power plants (CCPP) equipped with post-combustion CO2 capture is analyzed. Different CCPP configurations are compared, including single-, dual- or triple-pressure level steam generators. The gas turbine is a single shaft unit using the variable guide vanes and fuel flow to control the load. The 90% CO2 capture is achieved using monoethanolamine (MEA 30%wt) as absorbent. In all configurations, the reboiler duty to regenerate the absorbent is partly covered by the hot water of the economizer. This economizer-reboiler loop allows to increase the plant efficiency as the possibility to extract more energy from the economizer results in lowering the steam extraction from the... (More)

The part-load behaviour of combined cycle power plants (CCPP) equipped with post-combustion CO2 capture is analyzed. Different CCPP configurations are compared, including single-, dual- or triple-pressure level steam generators. The gas turbine is a single shaft unit using the variable guide vanes and fuel flow to control the load. The 90% CO2 capture is achieved using monoethanolamine (MEA 30%wt) as absorbent. In all configurations, the reboiler duty to regenerate the absorbent is partly covered by the hot water of the economizer. This economizer-reboiler loop allows to increase the plant efficiency as the possibility to extract more energy from the economizer results in lowering the steam extraction from the turbine. The dual-pressure level CCPP with CO2 capture gives the best efficiency at the design operation. As the load is reduced, the efficiency of the single-pressure plant becomes comparable to the efficiency of the dual-pressure plant, due to the effective thermal integration between the heat recovery steam generator and the absorbent regeneration process. Hence, when CCPPs with CO2 capture operate at part-loads, a further benefit can be achieved with the single-pressure level plant, having it both design simplicity and low efficiency penalties for the CO2 capture.

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Combined cycle, Off design, Part-load operation, Post-combustion CO capture
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Energy
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112
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9 pages
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Elsevier
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0360-5442
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10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.115
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English
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  author       = {{Vaccarelli, Maura and Sammak, Majed and Jonshagen, Klas and Carapellucci, Roberto and Genrup, Magnus}},
  issn         = {{0360-5442}},
  keywords     = {{Combined cycle; Off design; Part-load operation; Post-combustion CO capture}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{10}},
  pages        = {{917--925}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Energy}},
  title        = {{Combined cycle power plants with post-combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture : Energy analysis at part load conditions for different HRSG configurations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.115}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.115}},
  volume       = {{112}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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