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1. Introduction - Firenze University Press

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moisture - 0,2237<br />

ash - 0,0876<br />

LHV MJ/kg 20,16<br />

2.1 IGCC plant<br />

IGCC plants are usually designed as electricity or chemicals production plants, however they have a<br />

high potential for district heat production. Present IGCC units (especially with CO2 capture) give an<br />

opportunity for recovering waste heat at levels suitable for district heat production as well as for<br />

using classical heat sources e.g. tap-steam turbine or outlet of HRSG.<br />

Proposed IGCC CHP plant configuration is schematically presented in Fig.<strong>1.</strong> The system is based<br />

on that presented in [5] which has been optimized and redesigned towards IGCC CHP plant. It is<br />

composed of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU), dry-feed gasifier with syngas cooler, water gas<br />

shift reactors (WGSR), acid gas removal (AGR) unit and finally the combined cycle.<br />

Fig. <strong>1.</strong> Concept of IGCC CHP plant<br />

The entrained flow dry-feed gasifier has been chosen for syngas production. Its operating pressure<br />

has been set to 4,238 MPa. The temperature of the syngas leaving the reactor reaches 1639 o C. The<br />

syngas is cooled down primarily by its partial recirculation and then by the production of high<br />

pressure steam in a radiant/convection heat exchanger. The temperature of the syngas leaving the<br />

cooler and entering the scrubber is equal to 335C. The gasification reactor consumes oxygen of<br />

95% purity. The coal feeding system is based on ASU nitrogen. The syngas treating and<br />

conditioning line is composed of an inter-cooled WGSR reactor. The syngas temperature after the<br />

first WGSR reactor has been assumed to 460C while behind the second one to 360C.<br />

The heat rejected from the syngas during the conditioning processes is recovered to the steam cycle<br />

and for district heat production. The AGR unit is based on a two-stage Selexol process. The syngas<br />

stream leaving the second WGSR is cooled down, dehydrated and supplied to the first stage of<br />

AGR unit, where 99% of H2S is stripped. The separated H2S is then sent to the Claus plant for<br />

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