Performance analysis of a 500 MWe coal-fired power plant with a post-combustion CO 2 capture process

Abstract

In this study, a performance analysis of a 500 MWe coal-fired power plant with a post-combustion CO₂ capture system was performed. The amine-based chemical absorption process was considered as a base CO₂ capture system. Based on the design conditions of the flue gas from the supercritical coal-fired power plant operating in the Republic of Korea, the energy consumption of the CO₂ capture system was simulated using a process simulator. The simulation of the CO₂ capture system was undertaken using Aspen Plus software with ELECNRTL property packages; based on these results, the energy requirement of the CO₂ capture system and the overall efficiency of a power plant with the CO₂ capture system was estimated. It was observed that the thermal energy required to regenerate the solvent reduces the efficiency of the power plant by 8.36%, the energy required to compress the CO₂ from 0.1 to 11 MPa is the next largest factor, reducing the efficiency by 3.59%, and the other energy requirement amounts to 0.45%.

Keywords

chemical absorption flue gas energy penalty power plant

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