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Performance and economic assessments of integrating geothermal energy into coal-fired power plant with CO2 capture

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  • Wang, Fu
  • Deng, Shuai
  • Zhao, Jun
  • Wang, Junyao
  • Sun, Taiwei
  • Yan, Jinyue

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A novel carbon capture and storage system integrated with geothermal energy was proposed to reduce energy consumption in the post-combustion CO2 capture (PCC) process. Geothermal energy at medium temperature was used to provide the heat required for solvent regeneration. A technical and economic assessment was conducted based on a 300 MWe coal-fired power plant. Additionally, the integrated system was also compared with a stand-alone geothermal power (GP) plant to evaluate individual advantages. Both an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) and a hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA) reservoir were selected to identify the effect of geological properties and heat characteristics on system performance. The results indicated that the geothermal-assisted post-combustion CO2 capture (GPCC) plant exhibited better performance than the PCC plant. The net plant average efficiency increased 5.56% and 4.42% in the EGS scenario and HSA scenario, respectively. Furthermore, the net incremental geothermal efficiency obtained corresponded to 21.34% and 20.35% in the EGS scenario and HSA scenario, respectively. The economic assessment indicated that the GPCC systems in both the EGS scenario and HSA scenario had lower marginal cost of electricity (70.84 $/MWh and 101.06 $/MWh) when compared with that of the stand-alone GP systems (151.09 $/MWh and 101.95 $/MWh).

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  • Wang, Fu & Deng, Shuai & Zhao, Jun & Wang, Junyao & Sun, Taiwei & Yan, Jinyue, 2017. "Performance and economic assessments of integrating geothermal energy into coal-fired power plant with CO2 capture," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 278-287.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:119:y:2017:i:c:p:278-287
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.12.029
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