Print Email Facebook Twitter Dynamics of postcombustion CO2 capture plants Title Dynamics of postcombustion CO2 capture plants: Modeling, validation, and case study Author van de Haar, Adam Trapp, C. (TU Delft Energy Technology) Wellner, Kai (Hamburg University of Technology) De Kler, Robert (TNO) Schmitz, Gerhard (Hamburg University of Technology) Colonna, Piero (TU Delft Flight Performance and Propulsion) Date 2017 Abstract The capture of CO2 from power plant flue gases provides an opportunity to mitigate emissions that are harmful to the global climate. While the process of CO2 capture using an aqueous amine solution is well-known from experience in other technical sectors (e.g., acid gas removal in the gas processing industry), its operation combined with a power plant still needs investigation because in this case, the interaction with power plants that are increasingly operated dynamically poses control challenges. This article presents the dynamic modeling of CO2 capture plants followed by a detailed validation using transient measurements recorded from the pilot plant operated at the Maasvlakte power station in the Netherlands. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data related to the transient changes of the main process variables such as flow rate, CO2 concentrations, temperatures, and solvent loading. The validated model was used to study the effects of fast power plant transients on the capture plant operation. A relevant result of this work is that an integrated CO2 capture plant might enable more dynamic operation of retrofitted fossil fuel power plants because the large amount of steam needed by the capture process can be diverted rapidly to and from the power plant. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fa4fc819-41d5-4b33-ab3b-db534c61a67a DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00034 ISSN 0888-5885 Source Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (7), 1810-1822 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Adam van de Haar, C. Trapp, Kai Wellner, Robert De Kler, Gerhard Schmitz, Piero Colonna Files PDF acs.iecr.6b00034.pdf 3.97 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fa4fc819-41d5-4b33-ab3b-db534c61a67a/datastream/OBJ/view