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Appendix B: Technology Design Options for a Capture Ready Plant• Cheap solvent; and• Low corrosion impact.The main barriers, at present, toward large-scale demonstration of ammonia-based captureare:• Ammonia losses as vapour phase in the discharged flue gases, due to its small molecularweight and large vapour pressure—direct discharge into the atmosphere is not allowedin many jurisdictions;• Absorption must be carried out at low temperature to minimise ammonia loss (hence,“chilled” ammonia);• High refrigeration load requirements;• Lack of technology maturity and confidence;• Stripper fouling; and• Increased capital costs due to the need for several absorber vessels used for minimizingloss of ammonia and maintaining water balance.More broadly, the lack of commercial-scale process experience at this time is limiting thedeployment of this technology. 131Beyond chilled ammonia, there are development efforts on novel solvents for improvedperformance with reduced auxiliary energy consumption, as well as new process designssuch as hybrid membrane-absorbent systems, solid adsorbents, and high temperatureregenerable sorbents. 132 One promising option to reduce the efficiency penalty is CaOlooping. 133 In this process, CaO reacts at around 600°C with CO 2 to form CaCO 3 . Thiscalcium carbonate can be regenerated at temperatures of around 900°C, and the heatgenerated in the process can be used to produce extra power. Weak points are the energypenalty of flue gas reheating and sorbent regeneration and the low stability of the CaOsorbent, leading to a large make-up flow of sorbent.While still in the research and development stage, these new technologies may, in thefuture, lead to post-combustion capture systems that have lower energy and efficiencypenalties. A big challenge will be proving the reliability at commercial-scale operation. 132B.2 Oxy-fuel Based CaptureAnother promising CO 2 capture approach is to use high-purity oxygen for combustion, toproduce an extremely concentrated stream of CO 2 that is easily compressed and deliveredby pipeline for storage. The oxy-fuel combustion process, illustrated in Exhibit B-5, beginswith fuel being combusted in pure oxygen and recycled flue gas consisting of water vapour131 Zachary, J.. (2008). CO2 capture and sequestration options - impact on turbomachinery design. Bechtel PowerCorporation.132 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2005). IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture andStorage. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.133 Abanades, J.C.. (2002). The maximum capture efficiency of CO2 using a carbonation/calcination cycle of CaO/CaCO3.Chemical Engineering Journal, 90, 303-306. doi:10.1016/S1385-8947(02)00126-2.23 February 2010 82
Appendix B: Technology Design Options for a Capture Ready Plantand CO 2 . The exhaust flue gas is then cleaned, after which it consists of mainly CO 2 andwater vapour. Next the flue gas is cooled and condensed, leaving nearly pure CO 2 .Exhibit B-5: Oxy-Combustion CO 2 Capture ProcessSource: Vattenfall. (2010). 134By using the oxy-fuel process, the need for post-combustion CO 2 capture is avoided, thuslowering the cost of carbon compliance—albeit at the cost of air separation. Additionally,mercury emissions are reduced and NO x emissions are estimated to be cut in half. 135For an oxy-fuel combustion-based power plant to be a cost-effective, a low-cost supply ofpure oxygen is needed. Although commercially available cryogenic air separation technologyis both capital- and energy-intensive, several technologies are being developed that couldgreatly reduce costs.B.2.1 Capture Ready Design Considerations for Oxy-fuel CombustionRetrofit of the advanced power cycles mentioned in the previous section involves numerouschanges. Combined with the uncertainties in these new technologies, it is unlikely that autility would construct a Capture Ready plant with a retrofit to an AZEP arrangement (forexample) in mind. Partly because of this, pulverized-coal-fired boilers are expected to be themain category of power plants that would be constructed as being Capture Ready forretrofitting with oxy-fuel technology. This retrofit could, of course, involve one of theadvanced oxygen generation technologies mentioned in the previous section (if consideredas reliable and economical).134 Vattenfall. (2010). Illustrations. Retrieved from Vattenfall News & Reports website.135 Zachary, J.. (2008). CO2 capture and sequestration options - impact on turbomachinery design. Bechtel Power Corporation.23 February 2010 83
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