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However, more energy duty is required due to the external cooling system.<br />

The sensitivity analysis showed that the cryogenic methods can overbalance any ‘weak’ operating<br />

mode of the hydrogen block, such us low methane conversion rates at the ATR and low hydrogen<br />

recovery rates at the membranes. Nevertheless, as far as the total system efficiency is concerned, the<br />

oxy combustion option is preferable as it can combine both high capture rates and performance.<br />

Future work that correlates membrane area and investment cost of the whole plant would finally<br />

determine under which conditions a cryogenic recovery system is required.<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the European Commission<br />

(CACHET II, FP7 Project No. 241342).<br />

Abbreviations<br />

ASU Air Separation Unit<br />

ATR Autothermal Reformer reactor<br />

COP Coefficient of performance<br />

GT Gas Turbine<br />

HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator<br />

HRF Hydrogen Recovery Factor<br />

HT-WGS High Temperature Water Gas Shift reactor<br />

LHV Lower Heating Value<br />

NG Natural Gas<br />

PCU Purification & Compression Unit<br />

ST Steam Turbine(s)<br />

S/CATR Steam-to-Carbon Ratio in ATR<br />

WGS-MR Water Gas Shift Membrane Reactor<br />

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