Thermal Integration of Postcombustion Capture in Existing Natural Gas Combined Cycle–Combined Heat and Power Plant
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 5
Abstract
In this study, a 470-MWh natural gas combined cycle–combined heat and power plant (NGCC-CHP) in Beijing is the research object. For the industrial NGCC-CHP plant, the introduction of 90% postcombustion carbon capture (PCC) highlighted an outstanding issue: limited low-pressure steam allocation between district heating and capture. This work evaluates four options for providing the energy necessary for the amine reboiler when most of the low-pressure (LP) steam was extracted for district heating: electric heating of the reboiler, direct natural gas firing of the amine reboiler, a standalone gas-fired boiler to generate low-pressure steam, and integration via supplementary firing of the heat recovery steam generator. The study focused on net power output, capture level, emission intensity, and profit ratio. The results show that supplementary firing improves the steam turbine power output up to 135.84 MWh with the firing of 217.65 MW of additional natural gas, whereas the net equivalent efficiency is approximately 50.2%. The integration via supplementary firing of the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), therefore, is shown to have a higher technical and economic performance advantage over other options.
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Acknowledgments
The NGCC-CHP plant operating data and pilot project data were provided by DATANG International Power Generation Co., Ltd. The authors would like to express their gratitude for their support. The authors would like to thank the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51278035).
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Volume 143 • Issue 5 • October 2017
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Received: Sep 23, 2016
Accepted: Jan 19, 2017
Published online: Apr 18, 2017
Discussion open until: Sep 18, 2017
Published in print: Oct 1, 2017
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