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Techno-economic assessment of chemical looping reforming of natural gas for hydrogen production and power generation with integrated CO2 capture

Abstract

The current study presents the techno-economic analysis of the CLR-CC process. The CLR-CC process comprises of chemical looping reforming (CLR) of Natural Gas, water gas shift, CO2 capture and compression, and combined cycle power plant. A 1-D phenomenological model was developed using MATLAB and is used to study the performance of CLR, whereas the remaining part of the process was analysed using commercial software tools like Aspen and Thermoflow. The effect of design conditions in CLR, mainly the air flowrate to the oxidation reactor, oxidation reactor outlet temperature and the steam flowrate to the fuel reactor of CLR, on the overall techno-economic performance of the CLR-CC process is reported. The CH4 conversion in CLR, net electrical efficiency, CO2 avoidance rate and the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) have been identified as techno-economic performance indicators. For the sensitivity study carried out in this study through 12 cases, the net electrical efficiency of the CLR-CC process varies between 40.0 and 43.4%, whereas the LCOE varies between 75.3 and 144.8 $/MWh, which is highly dependent on the fuel cost and process contingency rates.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Shareq Mohd Nazir
  • Joana Francisco Morgado
  • Olav Bolland
  • Rosa Quinta-Ferreira
  • Shahriar Amini

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Industry / Process Technology
  • University of Coimbra
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2018

Published in

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

ISSN

1750-5836

Volume

78

Page(s)

7 - 20

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