Thermodynamic analysis of combined cycle gas turbine power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture and exhaust gas recirculation

2012 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Canepa ◽  
Meihong Wang ◽  
Chechet Biliyok ◽  
Antonio Satta
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Gas Recirculation ◽  
Gas Turbine Power Plant

Evaluation of a Micro Gas Turbine With Post-Combustion CO2 Capture for Exhaust Gas Recirculation Potential With Two Experimentally Validated Models

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homam Nikpey Somehsaraei ◽  
Usman Ali ◽  
Carolina Font-Palma ◽  
Mohammad Mansouri Majoumerd ◽  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Capture Process ◽  
Micro Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Recirculation

The growing global energy demand is facing concerns raised by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, predominantly CO2. Despite substantial progress in the field of renewable energy in recent years, quick balancing responses and back-up services are still necessary to maintain the grid load and stability, due to increased penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind. In a scenario of natural gas availability, gas turbine power may be a substitute for back-up/balancing load. Rapid start-up and shut down, high ramp rate, and low emissions and maintenance have been achieved in commercial gas turbine cycles. This industry still needs innovative cycle configurations, e.g. exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), to achieve higher system performance and lower emissions in the current competitive power generation market. Together with reduced NOx emissions, EGR cycle provides an exhaust gas with higher CO2 concentration compared to the simple gas turbine/combined cycle, favorable for post-combustion carbon capture. This paper presents an evaluation of EGR potential for improved gas turbine cycle performance and integration with a post-combustion CO2 capture process. It also highlights features of two software tools with different capabilities for performance analysis of gas turbine cycles, integrated with post-combustion capture. The study is based on a combined heat and power micro gas turbine (MGT), Turbec T100, of 100kWe output. Detailed models for the baseline MGT and amine capture plant were developed in two software tools, IPSEpro and Aspen Hysys. These models were validated against experimental work conducted at the UK PACT National Core Facilities. Characteristics maps for the compressor and the turbine were used for the MGT modeling. The performance indicators of systems with and without EGR, and when varying the EGR ratio and ambient temperature, were calculated and are presented in this paper.

Exhaust Gas Recirculation Performance in Dry Low Emissions Combustors

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Elkady ◽  
A. R. Brand ◽  
C. L. Vandervort ◽  
A. T. Evulet
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nox Reduction ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Gas Recirculation

In a carbon constrained world there is a need for capturing and sequestering CO2. Post-combustion carbon capture via Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) is considered a feasible means of reducing emission of CO2 from power plants. Exhaust Gas Recirculation is an enabling technology for increasing the CO2 concentration within the gas turbine cycle and allow the decrease of the size of the separation plant, which in turn will enable a significant reduction in CO2 capture cost. This paper describes the experimental work performed to better understand the risks of utilizing EGR in combustors employing dry low emissions (DLE) technologies. A rig was built for exploring the capability of premixers to operate in low O2 environment, and a series of experiments in a visually accessible test rig was performed at representative aeroderivative gas turbine pressures and temperatures. Experimental results include the effect of applying EGR on operability, efficiency and emissions performance under conditions of up to 40% EGR. Findings confirm the viability of EGR for enhanced CO2 capture; In addition, we confirm benefits of NOx reduction while complying with CO emissions in DLE combustors under low oxygen content oxidizer.

Investigation of a Generic Gas Turbine Combustor With Exhaust Gas Recirculation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Ulmer ◽  
Franz Joos
Keyword(s):  
Heat Release ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Release Rate ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Nitric Oxides ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Gas Recirculation

On the topic of CO2 capture from gas turbines, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a commonly discussed method to increase CO2 concentration at a gas turbine outlet to make the CO2 capture process more efficient. This paper presents the influence of the recirculation on heat release rate and emissions. The investigation is made using the commercial RANS solver ANSYS CFX coupled with an in-house code for a hybrid transported PDF/RANS simulation using detailed chemistry of GRI 3.0. Initially an investigation on reactivity was made using numerical calculation of laminar flame speed. It is found that exhaust gas recirculation has only a minor effect on reactivity in lean premixed combustion. Therefore, the operation point of the combustor can be kept constant with and without EGR. Simulations of the combustor with exhaust gas recirculation using the hybrid PDF/RANS with GRI 3.0 show a minor influence of NO and NO2 doping of the vitiated air on the flame speed and the doping delays heat release slightly. CO doping has no effect on heat release rate. CO emissions at combustor exit remain unaffected by NO, CO or NO2 doping. Seeding the vitiated air with 50ppm nitric oxides reveal that any NO2 present in the vitiated air is reduced to NO in the flame. NO2 emissions increase with NO2 doping but are still 2 magnitudes lower than NO emissions. It is found that NO is reduced by 3% due to of NO reburn. Based on literature data it is concluded that there is a deficit of the GRI 3.0 reaction mechanism. Experimental data taken from literature reveal of NO reburn by approximately 20%. Therefore emission data of nitric oxides of flames that should show a considerable reburn effect should be used with caution, while heat release and CO emissions are predicted more accurately. It is shown, that with the model created for the generic gas turbine combustor it is possible to study the effects of exhaust gas recirculation on the combustion process in detail and resolve detailed kinetic effects.

Process Analysis of Selective Exhaust Gas Recirculation for CO2 Capture in Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants Using Amines

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Elena Diego ◽  
Jean-Michel Bellas ◽  
Mohamed Pourkashanian
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Natural Gas Combined Cycle ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Gas Recirculation

Post-combustion CO2 capture from natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants is challenging due to the large flow of flue gas with low CO2 content (∼3–4%vol.) that needs to be processed in the capture stage. A number of alternatives have been proposed to solve this issue and reduce the costs of the associated CO2 capture plant. This work focuses on the selective exhaust gas recirculation (S-EGR) configuration, which uses a membrane to selectively recirculate CO2 back to the inlet of the compressor of the turbine, thereby greatly increasing the CO2 content of the flue gas sent to the capture system. For this purpose, a parallel S-EGR NGCC system (53% S-EGR ratio) coupled to an amine capture plant using MEA 30%wt. was simulated using gCCS (gPROMS). It was benchmarked against an unabated NGCC system, a conventional NGCC coupled with an amine capture plant (NGCC+CCS), and an EGR NGCC power plant (39% EGR ratio) using amine scrubbing as the downstream capture technology. The results obtained indicate that the net power efficiency of the parallel S-EGR system can be up to 49.3% depending on the specific consumption of the auxiliary S-EGR systems, compared to the 49.0% and 49.8% values obtained for the NGCC+CCS and EGR systems, respectively. A preliminary economic study was also carried out to quantify the potential of the parallel S-EGR configuration. This high-level analysis shows that the cost of electricity for the parallel S-EGR system varies from 82.1–90.0 $/MWhe for the scenarios considered, with the cost of CO2 avoided being in the range of 79.7–105.1 $/tonne CO2. The results obtained indicate that there are potential advantages of the parallel S-EGR system in comparison to the NGCC+CCS configuration in some scenarios. However, further benefits with respect to the EGR configuration will depend on future advancements and cost reductions achieved on membrane-based systems.

scholarly journals Optimization of Post Combustion CO2 Capture from a Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant via Taguchi Design of Experiment

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Alexanda Petrovic ◽  
Salman Masoudi Soltani
Keyword(s):  
Flue Gas ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Amine Concentration ◽  
Taguchi Design Of Experiment ◽  
Gas Recirculation ◽  
Gas Turbine Power Plant

The potential of carbon capture and storage to provide a low carbon fossil-fueled power generation sector that complements the continuously growing renewable sector is becoming ever more apparent. An optimization of a post combustion capture unit employing the solvent monoethanolamine (MEA) was carried out using a Taguchi design of experiment to mitigate the parasitic energy demands of the system. An equilibrium-based approach was employed in Aspen Plus to simulate 90% capture of the CO2 emitted from a 600 MW natural gas combined-cycle gas turbine power plant. The effects of varying the inlet flue gas temperature, absorber column operating pressure, amount of exhaust gas recycle, and amine concentration were evaluated using signal to noise ratios and analysis of variance. The optimum levels that minimized the specific energy requirements were a: flue gas temperature = 50 °C; absorber pressure = 1 bar; exhaust gas recirculation = 20% and; amine concentration = 35 wt%, with a relative importance of: amine concentration > absorber column pressure > exhaust gas recirculation > flue gas temperature. This configuration gave a total capture unit energy requirement of 5.05 GJ/tonneCO2, with an energy requirement in the reboiler of 3.94 GJ/tonneCO2. All the studied factors except the flue gas temperature, demonstrated a statistically significant association to the response.

Model-Based Thermodynamic Analysis of a Hydrogen-Fired Gas Turbine With External Exhaust Gas Recirculation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bexten ◽  
Sophia J\xf6rg ◽  
Nils Petersen ◽  
Manfred Wirsum ◽  
Pei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Gas Recirculation
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