This article illustrates aspects of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) design when employing process integration in an integrated reforming combined cycle (IRCC) with precombustion capture. Specifically, the contribution of this paper is to show how heat integration in a precombustion capture plant impacts the selection of HRSG design. The purpose of such a plant is to generate power with very low emissions, typically below 100 g kWh electricity. This should be compared with a state-of-the-art natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plant with emissions around 380 g kWh electricity. The design of the HRSG for the IRCC process was far from standard because of the significant amount of steam production from the heat generated by the autothermal reforming process. This externally generated steam was transferred to the HRSG superheaters and used in a steam turbine. For an NGCC plant, a triple-pressure reheat steam cycle would yield the highest net plant efficiency. However, when generating a significant amount of high-pressure steam external to the HRSG, the picture changed. The complexity of selecting an HRSG design increased when also considering that steam can be superheated and low-pressure and intermediate-pressure steam can be generated in the process heat exchangers. For the concepts studied, it was also of importance to maintain a high net plant efficiency when operating on natural gas. Therefore, the selection of HRSG design had to be a compromise between NGCC and IRCC operating modes.
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January 2011
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HRSG Design for Integrated Reforming Combined Cycle With Capture
Lars O. Nord,
Lars O. Nord
Department of Energy and Process Engineering,
e-mail: lars.nord@ntnu.no
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Olav Bolland
Olav Bolland
Department of Energy and Process Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Lars O. Nord
Department of Energy and Process Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norwaye-mail: lars.nord@ntnu.no
Olav Bolland
Department of Energy and Process Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayJ. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jan 2011, 133(1): 011702 (7 pages)
Published Online: September 14, 2010
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Received:
April 8, 2010
Revised:
April 10, 2010
Online:
September 14, 2010
Published:
September 14, 2010
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Nord, L. O., and Bolland, O. (September 14, 2010). "HRSG Design for Integrated Reforming Combined Cycle With Capture." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. January 2011; 133(1): 011702. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001822
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