Process and Carbon Footprint Analyses of the Allam Cycle Power Plant Integrated with an Air Separation Unit

Dan Fernandes, Song Wang, Qiang Xu, Russel Buss and Daniel Chen
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Dan Fernandes: Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
Song Wang: Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
Qiang Xu: Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
Russel Buss: Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
Daniel Chen: Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA

Clean Technol., 2019, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: The Allam cycle is the latest advancement in power generation technologies with a high cycle efficiency, zero NO x emission, and carbon dioxide available at pipeline specification for sequestration and utilization. The Allam cycle plant is a semi-closed, direct-fired, oxy-fuel Brayton cycle that uses high pressure supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid with sophisticated heat recuperation. This paper conducted process analyses including exergy analysis, sensitivity analysis, air separation unit (ASU) oxygen pump/compressor option analysis, and carbon footprint analysis for the integrated Allam power plant (natural gas)/ASU complex with a high degree of heat and work integration. Earlier works on exergy analysis were done on the Allam cycle and ASU independently. Exergy analysis on the integrated plants helps identify the equipment with the largest loss of thermodynamic efficiency. Sensitivity analysis investigated the effects of important ASU operational parameters along with equipment constraint limits on the downstream Allam cycle. Energy efficiency and carbon footprint are compared among the state-of-the-art fossil-fuel power generation cycles.

Keywords: Allam cycle; air separation unit; carbon capture and utilization; exergy; power generation; oxy-fuel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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