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Process simulation and energy analysis of synthetic natural gas production from water electrolysis and CO2 capture in a waste incinerator

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  • Salomone, Fabio
  • Marocco, Paolo
  • Ferrario, Daniele
  • Lanzini, Andrea
  • Fino, Debora
  • Bensaid, Samir
  • Santarelli, Massimo

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Power-to-gas (PtG) and carbon capture and utilisation are expected to play a key role in promoting a sustainable energy transition. In this work, a detailed energy analysis of a complete PtG system integrated with a real waste incinerator is performed. A fraction of the renewable electricity and heat produced by the waste incinerator is used in the PtG system to produce hydrogen, which is further converted into SNG by methanation with CO2 recovered from the plant flue gases. A PtG plant able to produce up to 500 m3/h of SNG is considered. A total of six different plant configurations are analysed, obtained by the combination of different electrolysis and post-combustion carbon capture technologies. Specifically, alkaline and PEM electrolysers are considered for the production of hydrogen, while absorption with monoethanolamine solution, absorption with monoethanolamine and ionic liquid solution, and temperature swing adsorption with solid sorbent are selected for carbon capture. The main sections of the PtG system are modelled and the performance of the overall system is evaluated by computing key performance indicators, such as the global energy efficiency and the Specific Plant Energy Consumption for CO2 Avoided (SPECCA). Special attention is also paid to the thermal integration between the methanation unit and the carbon capture unit. The heat produced during the methanation process is sufficient to cover the entire heat demand of the CO2 capture unit in almost all configurations investigated. In particular, thermal integration increases the global energy efficiency by 5–9% and reduces the SPECCA indicator by 5–8%. Considering the thermally integrated configurations, the global energy efficiency is estimated to be between 44.6% and 46.7%, while the SPECCA value ranges from 40.5 MJ/kg to 42.4 MJ/kg. Finally, some technical considerations are given, including the quality of SNG produced and the degradation phenomena in the considered technologies.

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  • Salomone, Fabio & Marocco, Paolo & Ferrario, Daniele & Lanzini, Andrea & Fino, Debora & Bensaid, Samir & Santarelli, Massimo, 2023. "Process simulation and energy analysis of synthetic natural gas production from water electrolysis and CO2 capture in a waste incinerator," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 343(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:343:y:2023:i:c:s0306261923005640
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121200
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