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Performance of cryogenic oxygen production unit with exhaust gas bleed for sewage sludge gasification and different oxygen purities

Kaszuba Maja, Ziółkowski Paweł, Mikielewicz Dariusz

Archives of Thermodynamics

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2023

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Vol. 44, no 3

63--81

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The paper presents a thermodynamic analysis of the integration of a cryogenic air separation unit into a negative CO2 emission gas power plant. The power cycle utilizes sewage sludge as fuel so this system fits into the innovative idea of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. A cryogenic air separation unit integrated with the power plant was simulated in professional plant engineering and thermodynamic process analysis software. Two cases of the thermodynamic cycle have been studied, namely with the exhaust bleed for fuel treatment and without it. The results of calculations indicate that the net efficiencies of the negative CO2 emission gas power plant reach 27.05% (combustion in 95.0% pure oxygen) and 24.57% (combustion in 99.5% pure oxygen) with the bleed. The efficiencies of the cycle without the bleed are 29.26% and 27.0% for combustion in 95.0% pure oxygen and 99.5% pure oxygen, respectively. For the mentioned cycle, the calculated energy penalty of oxygen production was 0.235 MWh/kgO2 for the lower purity value. However, for higher purity namely 99.5%, the energy penalty of oxygen production for the thermodynamic cycle including the bleed and excluding the bleed was indicated 0.346 and 0.347 MWh/kgO2, respectively. Additionally, the analysis of the oxygen purity impact on the carbon dioxide purity at the end of the carbon capture and storage installation shows that for the case with the bleed, CO2 purities are 93.8% and 97.6%, and excluding the bleed they are 93.8% and 97.8%, for the mentioned oxygen purities respectively. Insertion of the cryogenic oxygen production installation is required as the considered gas power plant uses oxy-combustion to facilitate carbon capture and storage method.

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The influence of selected parameters on the efficiency and economic charactersistics of the oxy-type coal unit with a membrane-cryogenic oxygen separator

Kotowicz J., Berdowska S.

Archives of Thermodynamics

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2016

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Vol. 37, no. 1

73--85

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In this paper a 600 MW oxy-type coal unit with a pulverized bed boiler and a membrane-cryogenic oxygen separator and carbon capture installation was analyzed. A membrane-cryogenic oxygen separation installation consists of a membrane module and two cryogenic distillation columns. In this system oxygen is produced with the purity equal to 95%. Installation of carbon capture was based on the physical separation method and allows to reduce the CO2 emission by 90%. In this work the influence of the main parameter of the membrane process – the selectivity coefficient, on the efficiency of the coal unit was presented. The economic analysis with the use of the break-even point method was carried out. The economic calculations were realized in view of the break-even price of electricity depending on a coal unit availability.

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The characteristics of the possibility of the use of polymer membranes in production of oxygen for energy processes

Kotowicz J., Berdowska S.

Archiwum Energetyki

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2012

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T. 42, nr 3/4

57--70

EN

In this paper, different methods of oxygen production are characterized. The main attention is focused on the use of polymer membranes. Hybrid method is proposed in the process of oxygen production. Membrane is used in the first stage of this method, while in the second one, the cryogenic process is chosen. The calculations of the membrane parameters have been made in Aspen software. The characteristic values for the membrane separation process such as oxygen recovery rate and permeate purity have been determined. Various systems have been analyzed. It has been calculated that energy consumption in the process of cryogenic oxygen production reaches 0.2 kWh/kgO2 or even 0.19 kWh/kgO2 in the membrane process using a vacuum pump, and in the near future, with the improvement of the membrane properties it will be limited to 0.15 kWh/kgO2.

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W artykule scharakteryzowano różne metody produkcji tlenu. Główną uwagę skupiono na wykorzystaniu membran polimerowych. W procesie produkcji tlenu zaproponowano metodę hybrydową, w której w pierwszym stopniu stosuje się membranę, zaś w drugim proces kriogeniczny. Obliczenia membran wykonano przy wykorzystaniu programu Aspen. Wyznaczono charakterystyczne wielkości dla procesu separacji membranowej takie jak stopień odzysku tlenu i czystość permeatu. Analizowano różne układy. Obliczono, że przy zastosowaniu pompy próżniowej w procesie membranowym energochłonność kriogenicznego procesu wytwarzania tlenu może wynieść 0,2 kWh/kgO2 lub nawet 0,19 kWh/kgO2, zaś w najbliższej przyszłości wraz z polepszeniem się właściwości membran może być ograniczona do 0,15 kWh/kgO2.

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Technology of oxygen production in the membrane-cryogenic air separation system for a 600 MW oxy-type pulverized bed boiler

Berdowska S., Skorek-Osikowska A.

Archives of Thermodynamics

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2012

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Vol. 33, no. 3

65-76

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In this paper the results of the thermodynamic analysis of the oxy-combustion type pulverized bed boiler integrated with a hybrid, membrane-cryogenic oxygen separation installation are presented. For the calculations a 600 MW boiler with live steam parameters at 31.1 MPa /654.9[degrees]C and reheated steam at 6.15 MPa/672.4[degrees]C was chosen. In this paper the hybrid membrane-cryogenic technology as oxygen production unit for pulverized bed boiler was proposed. Such an installation consists of a membrane module and two cryogenic distillation columns. Models of these installations were built in the Aspen software. The energy intensity of the oxygen production process in the hybrid system was compared with the cryogenic technology. The analysis of the influence of membrane surface area on the energy intensity of the process of air separation as well as the influence of oxygen concentration at the inlet to the cryogenic installation on the energy intensity of a hybrid unit was performed.

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Parametric studies and simulation of PSA process for oxygen production from air

Beeyani A., Singh K., Vyas R., Kumar S., Kumar S.

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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2010

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Vol. 12, nr 2

18-28

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A numerical simulation and parametric studies for the separation of air using 5A zeolite for the production of oxygen are presented for a basic two bed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process. The simulation is based on an in-house program 'PSASOL' developed in MATLABŽ. The transient process of PSA has been described by a set of partial differential equations, which were solved using a finite difference method. Simulation results have been validated with the experimental data from literature. Based on the simulation results, an optimal set of operational parameter values has been obtained for the PSA bed. The values of the optimal parameters, viz. adsorption pressure, cycle time, feed rate, and product rate have been found to be 2.5 atm, 150 s, 15 cm3/s, and 2.55 cm3/s, respectively. For the optimal conditions, purity of 95.45% and recovery of 77.3% have been achieved. It has also been found that a longer tubular unit with the length to diameter (L/D) ratio of 10.5 is advantageous. The estimated pressure drop across the bed has been found to be negligible. Power consumption and productivity have also been computed.