Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant

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 d...

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Autores: Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda, Gallego Fernández, Luz Marina, Cano Palacios, Mercedes, Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé, Navarrete Rubia, Benito
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12121224
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Palabra clave:Oxy-fuel combustion
Circulating fluidized bed boiler
Oxygen transport membrane
Techno-economic
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spelling Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power PlantPortillo Estévez, EsmeraldaGallego Fernández, Luz MarinaCano Palacios, MercedesAlonso-Fariñas, BernabéNavarrete Rubia, BenitoOxy-fuel combustionCirculating fluidized bed boilerOxygen transport membraneTechno-economicThe 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.MDPIIngeniería Química y AmbientalTEP135: Ingeniería Ambiental y de ProcesosRegional Government of Andalusia grant 8SU01526052022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/143374https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12121224reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésMembranes, 12 (2), 1224.8SU0152605https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/12/12/1224info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1433742026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
title Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
spellingShingle Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda
Oxy-fuel combustion
Circulating fluidized bed boiler
Oxygen transport membrane
Techno-economic
title_short Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
title_full Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
title_fullStr Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
title_full_unstemmed Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
title_sort Techno-Economic Comparison of Integration Options for an Oxygen Transport Membrane Unit into a Coal Oxy-Fired Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda
Gallego Fernández, Luz Marina
Cano Palacios, Mercedes
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
Navarrete Rubia, Benito
author Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda
author_facet Portillo Estévez, Esmeralda
Gallego Fernández, Luz Marina
Cano Palacios, Mercedes
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
Navarrete Rubia, Benito
author_role author
author2 Gallego Fernández, Luz Marina
Cano Palacios, Mercedes
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
Navarrete Rubia, Benito
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería Química y Ambiental
TEP135: Ingeniería Ambiental y de Procesos
Regional Government of Andalusia grant 8SU0152605
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Oxy-fuel combustion
Circulating fluidized bed boiler
Oxygen transport membrane
Techno-economic
topic Oxy-fuel combustion
Circulating fluidized bed boiler
Oxygen transport membrane
Techno-economic
description 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.
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