Artículo
Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
Autor/es | Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda
Gallego Fernández, Luz Marina Cano, M. Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé Navarrete Rubia, Benito |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental |
Fecha de publicación | 2022-12 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-03-15 |
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Resumen | The inclusion of membrane-based oxygen-fired combustion in power plants is considered an emerging technology that could reduce carbon emissions in a more efficient way than cryogenic oxygen-fired processes. In this paper, ... The inclusion of membrane-based oxygen-fired combustion in power plants is considered an emerging technology that could reduce carbon emissions in a more efficient way than cryogenic oxygen-fired processes. In this paper, a techno-economic assessment was developed for a 863 MWₑₗ,ₙₑₜ power plant to demonstrate whether this CCS technique results in a reduction in efficiency losses and economic demand. Four configurations based on oxygen transport membranes were considered, while the benchmark cases were the air combustion process without CO₂ capture and a cryogenic oxygen-fired process. The type of driving force through the membrane (3-end or 4-end), the point of integration into the oxy-fuel combustion process, the heating system, and the pollutant control system were aspects considered in this work. In comparison, the efficiency losses for membrane-based alternatives were lower than those in the cryogenic oxygen-fired process, reaching savings of up to 14% net efficiency. Regarding the specific energy consumption for CO₂ capture, the configuration based on the oxygen transport membrane unit with 4-end mode and hot filtration presented 1.01 kWₑₗ,ₙₑₜ,·h/kgCO₂ captured with 100% CO₂ recovery, which is an improvement of 11% compared with the cases using cryogenic oxygen. Comparing economic aspects, the specific investment costs for cases based on the oxygen transport membrane unit varied between 2520 and 2942 $/kWₑₗ,ₙₑₜ·h. This was between 39.6 and 48.2% above the investment for the reference case without carbon capture. However, its hypothetical implantation could suppose a savings of 10.7% in terms of investment cost compared with cryogenic oxygen-based case. In terms of the levelized cost of electricity and the cost of CO₂ avoidance, the oxygen transport membrane configurations achieved more favorable results compared with the cryogenic route, reaching savings up to 14 and 38%, respectively. Although oxygen transport membrane units are currently not mature for commercial-scale applications, the results indicated that its application within carbon capture and storage technologies can be strongly competitive. |
Agencias financiadoras | Regional Government of Andalusia grant 8SU0152605 |
Identificador del proyecto | 8SU0152605 |
Cita | Portillo Estévez, E., Gallego Fernández, L.M., Cano, M., Alonso-Fariñas, B. y Navarrete Rubia, B. (2022). Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant. Membranes, 12 (2), 1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12121224. |
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