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3.5 Heat <strong>an</strong>d Power Generation Process <strong>Design</strong><br />

3.5.1 Heat Recovery System <strong>Design</strong><br />

The hot raw syngas from <strong>the</strong> gasifier contains chemical energy <strong>an</strong>d sensible heat. The<br />

syngas c<strong>an</strong> be water quenched to recovery chemicals or flow through a heat exch<strong>an</strong>ger to<br />

recovery sensible heat to produce steam <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> steam turbine. The syngas cooler is more<br />

efficient th<strong>an</strong> that with a water quench (Maurstad, 2005). But it will add capital costs. There are<br />

two classes <strong>of</strong> syngas coolers: fire tube boilers <strong>an</strong>d water tube boilers. In <strong>the</strong> fire tube boiler<br />

design, <strong>the</strong> hot raw syngas flows inside <strong>the</strong> tubes <strong>an</strong>d high pressure steam is generated on <strong>the</strong><br />

outside. Water tube boilers c<strong>an</strong> h<strong>an</strong>dle higher steam pressure.<br />

Our heat recovery system design was shown in Figure 18. Hot raw syngas (1400°C, 50<br />

bar) was sent to a water tube syngas cooler. It would generate high pressure steam (117 bar) <strong>for</strong><br />

steam turbine <strong>an</strong>d process steams (MP 13 bar <strong>an</strong>d LP 4.5 bar) <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> pulp <strong>an</strong>d paper mill. The<br />

cooled high pressure syngas (50 bar) would be sent to <strong>the</strong> syngas cle<strong>an</strong>er. The water be<strong>for</strong>e<br />

sending to <strong>the</strong> syngas cooler would be preheated with recovered heat from HRSG exhaust gas.<br />

The tubes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> syngas cooler are subjected to high pressure.<br />

Figure 18: The block <strong>of</strong> heat recovery process design.<br />

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