The influence of carbon capture and compression unit on the characteristics of ultramodern combined cycle power plant
by Janusz Kotowicz; Mateusz Brzęczek; Marcin Job
International Journal of Global Warming (IJGW), Vol. 12, No. 2, 2017

Abstract: In this paper, the influence of carbon capture and compression unit on the characteristics of ultramodern combined cycle power plant is presented. The chemical absorption of the CO₂ from the flue gases using MEA in the carbon capture unit was used. The effective use of heat recovered from the turbine blade cooling air in order to increase the efficiency of combined cycle power plant with the carbon capture and compression unit is proposed. The power plant is analysed in a wide range of compression ratios and temperatures in the gas turbine. Thermodynamic and ecological characteristics of this combined cycle unit as a function of the basic operating parameters are made. The equation connecting the efficiency of combined cycle power plant with and without the carbon capture and compression unit is proposed. The calculations indicate that the reduction of energy consumption of the absorbent by 1 MJ/kgCO₂ causes an increase in net electric efficiency of the unit by 1.25 percentage points. The analysed combined cycle power plants are characterised by the highest electricity generation efficiency achievable for large energy units and exceptionally low CO₂ emissions, lower than 41 kg/MWh throughout the analysed range of compression ratio.

Online publication date: Mon, 12-Jun-2017

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