Building on experience with the Willem Alexander IGCC plant at Buggenum in the Netherlands, Nuon ... more Building on experience with the Willem Alexander IGCC plant at Buggenum in the Netherlands, Nuon is planning a 1200 MWe multi-fuel IGCC at Eemshaven, in the north of the country.
The capture of CO 2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions tha... more The capture of CO 2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions that are harmful to the global climate. While the process of CO 2 capture using an aqueous amine solution is well-known from experience in other technical sectors (e.g., acid gas removal in the gas processing industry), its operation combined with a power plant still needs investigation because in this case, the interaction with power plants that are increasingly operated dynamically poses control challenges. This article presents the dynamic modeling of CO 2 capture plants followed by a detailed validation using transient measurements recorded from the pilot plant operated at the Maasvlakte power station in the Netherlands. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data related to the transient changes of the main process variables such as flow rate, CO 2 concentrations, temperatures, and solvent loading. The validated model was used to study the effects of fast pow...
ABSTRACT A clear understanding of the dynamic behavior of the whole chain of conventional power g... more ABSTRACT A clear understanding of the dynamic behavior of the whole chain of conventional power generation to CO2 storage is necessary. The rapidly increasing share of renewable energy makes the energy delivered to the grid more fluctuating leading to an impact on the CCS chain as well. A 250 MW scale carbon capture plant with CO2 compression has been modelled with Dymola (dynamic) and with Aspen Plus (steady-state). It is evident that large perturbations in flue gas flow rate will make it difficult to control the water balance. Moreover, parallel compression trains may be necessary to prevent compressors to run in spill back mode.
Building on experience with the Willem Alexander IGCC plant at Buggenum in the Netherlands, Nuon ... more Building on experience with the Willem Alexander IGCC plant at Buggenum in the Netherlands, Nuon is planning a 1200 MWe multi-fuel IGCC at Eemshaven, in the north of the country.
The capture of CO 2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions tha... more The capture of CO 2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions that are harmful to the global climate. While the process of CO 2 capture using an aqueous amine solution is well-known from experience in other technical sectors (e.g., acid gas removal in the gas processing industry), its operation combined with a power plant still needs investigation because in this case, the interaction with power plants that are increasingly operated dynamically poses control challenges. This article presents the dynamic modeling of CO 2 capture plants followed by a detailed validation using transient measurements recorded from the pilot plant operated at the Maasvlakte power station in the Netherlands. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data related to the transient changes of the main process variables such as flow rate, CO 2 concentrations, temperatures, and solvent loading. The validated model was used to study the effects of fast pow...
ABSTRACT A clear understanding of the dynamic behavior of the whole chain of conventional power g... more ABSTRACT A clear understanding of the dynamic behavior of the whole chain of conventional power generation to CO2 storage is necessary. The rapidly increasing share of renewable energy makes the energy delivered to the grid more fluctuating leading to an impact on the CCS chain as well. A 250 MW scale carbon capture plant with CO2 compression has been modelled with Dymola (dynamic) and with Aspen Plus (steady-state). It is evident that large perturbations in flue gas flow rate will make it difficult to control the water balance. Moreover, parallel compression trains may be necessary to prevent compressors to run in spill back mode.
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