AZEP Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants - Thermo-economic Analysis

Authors : Björn MÖLLER, Tord TORİSSON, Mohsen ASSADİ, Sven SUNDKVİST, Mats SJÖDİN, Ake KLANG, Knut ASEN, Kjersti WİLHELMSEN

Pages : 21-28

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Publication Date : 2006-03-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Conventional power plants based on fossil fuel without CO2 capture produced flue gas streams with concentrations of CO2 between 3% and 15%, contributing to the threat of increasing global warming. Existing capture technologies such as post-combustion flue gas treatments using chemical absorption, pre-combustion carbon removal or combustion in O2/CO2 atmospheres suffer from significant efficiency penalties as well as major increases in investment costs. A less energy intensive concept for oxygen production is a mixed conducting membrane insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MCM); reactor which produces pure oxygen from compressed air. The MCM reactor is best integrated into a conventional gas turbine combined cycle, called advanced zero emissions plant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AZEP);, to provide an efficient and cost-effective power plant altogether. In this paper the economic performance of four different combined cycle alternatives in two different gas turbine sizes are evaluated; two of the combined cycles being based on the AZEP concept. The results show that the AZEP concept presents a more competitive system in terms of efficiency and economy compared to traditional capture systems.
Keywords : CO2 capture, zero emissions, combined cycles, thermo economy