Comparative Performance

Analysis of Various Pre-

Combustion CO2 Capture
Techniques
Presented by:
Usama Shakil
PE 15

Project Supervisor:
Dr. M. Zaman
 BACKGROUND
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
power plants:
Post-combustion CO2 capture
Pre-combustion CO2 capture
 OBJECTIVE
Detailed study of Pre-combustion CO2 capture
technologies.

Comparative performance analysis of various CO2

Capture Technologies.
 DEPG SELEXOL
PROCESS
Advantages Disadvantages
DEPG is non-corrosive Highly viscous

Process equipment can be High cooling energy is

made of carbon steel materials required
only

Formation of heat-stable salts

can be avoided

Very low vapor pressure low

solvent loss
 BASE CASE SINGLE
ABSORPTION
Economic assessment and optimization of the
Selexol process with novel additives

Dasom Im, Kosan Roh, Junhan Kim, Yongseok Eo, Jay

H. Lee
PROCESS FLOWSHEET
 FEED GAS
SPECIFICATIONS
Specification Value
Temperature (oC) 37.78
Pressure (bar) 17.24
Molar Flow Rate (kmol/hr) 7997.36
Mole Fraction
CO 0.004
CO2 0.247
H2 0.318
H2 O 0.004
N2 0.415
CH4 0.007
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
Specification Value
Absorber stage number 12
H2 recovery drum pressure (bar) 6.89
H2 recovery temperature (C) 7.78
HP flash drum and captured CO2 1.72
pressure (bar)
MP flash drum pressure (bar) 1.01
LP flash drum pressure (bar) 0.276
Lean solvent cooling temperature (C) -1.11
Lean solvent pump outlet pressure 17.24
(bar)
 ASPEN PLUS
SIMULATION
Thermodynamic Property Model
PC-SAFT

CO2 Capture: 91.7%

CO2 Loading: 0.18 mole CO2/mole Depg

 STREAM RESULTS
FEED CLEAN C02-CAP
Temperature (C) 37.8 13.9 51.9
Pressure (bar) 17.24 17.24 1.72
Vapor Fraction 1 1 1
Mole Flow (kmol/hr) 7997.36 6115.108 1850.52
Mass Flow (kg/hr ) 189003.3 107783 80648.95
Volume Flow (cum/hr) 11925.86 8503.816 28889.78
Enthalpy (Gcal/hr) -188.802 -17.43 -170.193
Mole Flow (kmol/hr)
CO 31.989 31.616 0.373
CO2 1975.348 160.759 1815.4
H2 2543.16 2534.97 8.19
H2 O 31.989 0 0.246
N2 3318.904 3296.517 22.387
STREAM RESULTS
CLEAN Aspen WP
Temperature (C) 13.9 14.2
Pressure (bar) 17.24 17.24
Vapor Fraction 1 1
Mole Flow (kmol/hr)
CO2 160.759 180.5
ENERGY ANALYSIS
Specification Value
Three Stage Flash 8.63 MW
Solvent Chilling 15.32 MW
CO2 Compression 849 kW
HT 1 Recovery 722 kW
HT 2 Recovery 360 kW
CO2 Capture = 90%
 ENERGY ANALYSIS

Operation at Lean Solvent Temperature of 0 oC

90.1% CO2 Capture

13.5 MW Cooling Duty

Cost
 DUAL ABSORPTION
Recovery of H2S and CO2 using Selexol.

AGR (Acid Gas Removal) System

Configurations
 LITERATURE REVIEW

C. Trapp, T. Thomaser, H. A. J. Van Dijk, and P. Colonna,

Design optimization of a pre-combustion CO2 capture
plant embedding experimental knowledge, Fuel, vol. 157,
pp. 126139, 2015
 LITERATURE REVIEW

S. H. Park, S. J. Lee, J. W. Lee, S. N. Chun, and J. Bin Lee,

The quantitative evaluation of two-stage pre-combustion
CO2 capture processes using the physical solvents with
various design parameters, Energy, vol. 81, pp. 4755,
2015.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Z. Kapetaki, P. Brandani, S. Brandani, and H. Ahn,
Process simulation of a dual-stage Selexol process for 95%
carbon capture efficiency at an integrated gasification
combined cycle power plant, Int. J. Greenh. Gas Control,
vol. 39, pp. 1726, 2015.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
M. Gatti, E. Martelli, F. Marchal, and S. Consonni,
Multi-Objective Optimization of a Selexol Process for the
Selective Removal of CO2 and H2S from Coal-Derived
Syngas, no. 1, 2015.
 FEED
Temperature C 30
Pressure bar 60
Vapor Frac 1
Mole Flow (kmol/sec) 6.589
Mass Flow (kg/sec) 131.693
Mole Frac
CO 0.012
CO2 0.409
H2 0.563
H 2S 0.011
N2 0.004