A Case of Performance Evaluation Studies

of Oxy
Oxy--coal Power Generation
Sangmin Choi1,*, Taehyung Kim2, and Sangil Seo2
1KAIST, Korea
2Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Korea

Introduction q Case III-

III-Optimized oxy-
oxy-firing case: 100MWe
q Youngdong Project, Korea System optimization for integrated efficiency using energy carrier(e.g., water)
A system of inter-dependent blocks: Integrated blocks affect each other
To demonstrate carbon-dioxide capture-readiness
Water-steam side + ASU side
Feasibility of oxy-coal combustion
ASU side + CPU side
Retrofit of an old coal-fired boiler (since 1973) as an
Individual integration of water/steam system with of the ASU and CPU
extension of plant life
For example, fuel drying by steam, or steam driven compressors
Re-utilization of existing plant facility as much as
Youngdong power plant Proposals currently being evaluated.
practically possible..

q Performance evaluation of the proposed schemes

Comparative systems analysis
Case selection
Analysis and Results
System definition and analysis Case I-1: reference case
Simulation tool: GateCycle by GE energy Case I-2: a new retrofitted boiler-air firing boiler
Objective function: A new boiler efficiency increased from 83.6%
Net power generation, in case I-1 to 88.5% in case I-2.
Thermal efficiency Case II-1 and 2: oxy-fired power plant
Effect of impurities of CO2 stream (N2 and 95% O2 in case II-1 and 99% of O2 in case II-2
other gases) Energy use (Assumptions) Net power and efficiency with cases
ASU: 95% O2 is 200 kWh/t O2 and 99% O2 is
240 kWh/t O2
CPU: 100kWh/t flue gas

Case selection for comparative evaluation Due to power penalty of ASU, the efficiency is
decreased 5.5% in case II-1 and 6.3% in case II-2
q Case I-
I-Air
Air-
-firing case: 125MWe Boiler exergy efficiency increases from 41.2% of
Sub- Case I-1 to 43.0% of Case II-1
Base case of the existing Youngdong power Coal Anthracite
bituminous Boiler system still needs to be improved
plant unit 1 HHV
As Received 4,791 5,800
(kcal/kg) The fraction of impurities, such as N2 and Ar, is
125MWe subcritical single reheat steam Moisture 9.60 18.00 increased by changing oxidizer. Boiler efficiency with cases
Proximate
cycle: 12.9MPa / 540.8C / 540.8C Analysis
Fixed Carbon 54.80 44.51
Volatile Matter 3.65 34.61
Existing boiler using local high ash (wt%)
Ash 31.95 2.87 95%O2 99% O2
anthracite and retrofitted boiler with Moisture 9.60 18.00 +3%N2+2%Ar +1%Ar
Carbon 54.93 58.22
proposed fuel change. Ultimate Hydrogen 0.74 4.10
Gross power
100.21 100.28
Analysis Oxygen 2.18 15.58 [MWe]
(wt%) Nitrogen 0.39 0.82 Species of Flue Gas (Mole fraction) [%]
Sulfur 0.22 0.41 O2 1.13 1.17
Ash 31.95 2.87 N2 2.26 0.18
H2O 36.79 37.85

q Case II-
II-Oxy
Oxy-
-firing case: 100MWe
CO2 58.13 59.8
Ar 1.39 0.69
SO2 0.31 0.31
Oxy-firing with existing steam cycle
Power and gas component with impurities in ASU Turbine thermal efficiency with cases
Down rating 125 100MWe
A system of independent blocks: Simple add-on ASU & CPU
Cryogenic ASU with un-integrated electric power supply
For example, Fluctuation of boiler efficiency doesnt influence thermal efficiency
The way to advance the system is that efficiency of each block is improved. Work--in
Work in--progress
Consideration of inter-dependent blocks improvement of the proposed system
Dual mode to switch over air mode and oxyfuel mode
Pulverized coal (PC) boiler or circulation fluidized bed (CFB) boiler
Verify capability and availability of each mode or each boiler

Dual mode-PC Dual mode-CFB

Case II Oxy-fired Power Plant