The influence of gasifier operating parameters on syngas composition of coal-fired power plant with CO2capture

Abstract

This work investigated the influence of the operating parameters of the gasifier (pressure, temperature of the syngas at the outlet of the gasifier and the O2/CO2 ratio in the blast) on the composition of the syngas in relation to the Allam cycles and oxy-fuel IGCC. Thermodynamic modeling of the operation of Shell (Allam cycle) and MHI (oxy-fuel IGCC cycle) gasifiers by the entropy maximization method was carried out. For the Shell gasifier, a significant increase in methane concentration with an increase in pressure to 40 MPa has been revealed; it indicates the need to make changes to the syngas gas cleaning system. The optimal temperature at the outlet of the gasifier (1100°C) has been found for the MHI gasifier. At this temperature, there were high values of CO and H2, and, hence, the heating value of syngas. For both gasifiers, the most theoretically reasonable ratio of O2/CO2 in blast was 0.3, at which CO reached almost maximum values and decreased its growth rate. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.