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The purpose of this guideline is to provide a methodology for estimating additional costs for retrofitting carbon capture technologies onto existing fossil power plants.
This section of the Quality Guidelines provides recommended impurity limits for CO 2 stream components for use in conceptual studies of CO 2 carbon capture, utilization, and storage systems. These limits were developed from information consolidated from numerous studies and are presented by component and application. Impurity levels are provided for carbon steel pipelines, sequestration through enhanced oil recovery (EOR), saline aquifer sequestration (SAS), and co sequestration of CO 2 and H 2 S in saline reservoirs. This guideline is intended only for conceptual studies under a generic scenario and should not be used for actual projects, which are likely to have requirements that differ from the generic scenario assumed herein. Exhibit 2-1 contains the recommended limits for CO 2 stream impurities required by the transportation pipeline, by EOR applications, and by saline reservoirs. Each of the three design cases presents a design point and a range independent of the other design cases. For most impurities, the range indicates the maximum and minimum values found in the literature review and does not necessarily represent recommended limits; however, some represent an unofficial industry standard or the lack of information. In most cases, the design value matches the most restrictive constraint. Details for the design value and range for each impurity can be found in the subsections below the table. An extensive literature search revealed there is little experimental work done to date to identify the corrosion mechanisms that set the limitations on most of the impurities listed below. Corrosion testing is difficult because of the multiple variables involved but is critical to determine standards for corrosion levels.
The objective of this study was to simulate biomass co-firing in a dry-fed, entrained-flow gasifier in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant and examine the resulting performance, environmental response, and economic response. To develop a more complete understanding of the impact of co-feeding biomass, each case was examined using a limited life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis, which examines GHG emissions beyond the plant stack. Included in the limited life cycle GHG analysis were anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from the production, processing, transportation, and fertilization of biomass and from mining, transporting and handling coal.
The objective of this study was to simulate biomass co-firing in greenfield Pulverized Coal (PC) power plants and examine the resulting performance, environmental response, and economic response. To develop a more complete understanding of the impact of co-feeding biomass, each case was examined using a limited life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis, which examines GHG emissions beyond the plant stack. Included in the limited life cycle GHG analysis were anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from the production, processing, transportation, and fertilization of biomass and from mining, transporting and handling coal.
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is funding research aimed at improving the performance and reducing the cost of oxycombustion. The objective of this study is to guide oxycombustion research in areas that can provide the largest benefits in electricity cost and plant performance. The advanced oxycombustion technologies evaluated in this study are categorized into four major areas: advanced boiler design, advanced oxygen production, advanced flue gas treatment, and innovative CO 2 compression concepts.
The purpose of this section of the Quality Guidelines is to document the assumptions most commonly used in systems analysis studies and the basis for those assumptions. The large number of assumptions required for a thorough systems analysis make it impractical to document the entire set in each report. This document will serve as a comprehensive reference for these assumptions as well as their justification.
This document outlines the carbon capture goals set forth by DOE/NETL and provides a detailed breakdown and justification of their derivation.
Retrofitting existing PC plants with amine-based CO 2 capture technology is thermally- and power-intensive. This study examines the benefit of installing a natural gas simple cycle to provide the auxiliaries required to operate the amine system such that the original power demand can still be met.