Optimization of CCS-Enabled Coal- Gas-Solar Power Generation

Optimization of CCS-Enabled Coal-Gas-Solar Power Generation

Philip G. Brodrick, Charles A. Kang,Adam R. Brandt, Louis J. Durlofsky

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Outline

Problem Design

System Model

Optimization Methodology

Input Data

Optimization Results

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Auxiliary Heat Source

Flue Gas

Compressed CO2

Scrubbed Flue Gas

Gas Fired

Subsystem

Carbon Capture

Subsystem

Electricity Produced Electricity Consumed Design Decision Variable

Coal Plant

Steam


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Auxiliary Heat Source

Flue Gas

Compressed CO2

Scrubbed Flue Gas

Gas Fired

Subsystem

Solar Thermal

Subsystem

Carbon Capture

Subsystem

Electricity Produced Electricity Consumed Design Decision Variable

Coal Plant

Steam


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Problem Setup Coal plant in New Mexico, exporting power to

Southern California

System and component emissions cap at 500 kg / MWh, based on California Law SB 1368

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Problem Setup Coal plant in New Mexico, exporting power to

Southern California

System and component emissions cap at 500 kg / MWh, based on California Law SB 1368

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Source: Visualizing the US Electricity Grid, by NPR


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Process Flow Model

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Based on the GlassPointsystem

Designed to produce process heat for enhanced oil recovery

Relatively low capital cost

Mid-level temperature

www.utilities-me.com 11 Dec. 2012.GlassPoint Installation, Oman – 7 MW

Solar Thermal Subsystem

GlassPoint Troughswww.glasspoint.com. 2013.

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Design Decision Variables

Size of concentrating parabolic troughs

Size of steam turbine

Operational Decision Variables

Percent of steam output to utilize

Percent of steam to run through steam turbine

Solar Thermal Subsystem

(uSol)

(uSol-ST)

(xSize,Sol)

(xSize,Sol-ST)

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(xSize,Sol)(xSize,Sol)

(uSol)

(uSol-ST)


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Capture Subsystem

Amine-based temperature swing absorption system

Thermodynamic and cost data comes from Carnegie Mellon’s Integrated Environmental Control Model (IECM) for a default amine CO2 capture design

Includes storage of CO2 rich solvent to allow for regeneration when steam is available

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Design Decision Variables

Size of absorber

Size of regenerator

Size of amine storage system

Operational Decision Variables

Percent of absorbed CO2 to be stored

Capture Subsystem

(uCap-Stor)

(xSize,Abs)

(xSize,Reg)

(xSize,Stor)

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Mixed integer nonlinear optimization problem

Two-level optimization – design and operations are optimized iteratively with joint optimization upon convergence

Constrained by CO2 emissions, and by mass and energy balances

Optimization Methodology

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Optimization Overview


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Data

Solar irradiation and electricity prices on an hourly basis are needed

Hourly optimization is expensive, so there is a need to use a limited number of representative days

k-means clustering is used to cluster data based on centroid values

Clusters are based on a 24 element day vector –(12 irradiation, 12 electricity price)

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Paired Electricity and Irradiation Data

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Capture System Operations in Solar Design 54.5 USD/MWh, 30% Investment Tax Credit

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Late Spring Cluster


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Capture System Operations

Solar Thermal System

Operations

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Late Spring Cluster

Late Spring Cluster


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54.5 USD/MWh

6.5 USD/GJ

30%

8%

Average Electricity Price:

Natural Gas Price:

Investment Tax Credit:

Discount Rate:

Base Case

Solar

Thermal

Design

Natural

Gas

Design


Parametric Study

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Parametric Study


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Parametric Study

Investment Tax Credit

Power Purchase Agreement


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Parametric Study

Investment

Tax Credit

Solar Power

Purchase Agreement

Investment Tax Credit

Power Purchase Agreement


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Solar / Natural Gas NPV Comparison

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PPA : 100 USD/MWh

Discount Rate : 8%

PPA : None

Discount Rate : 6%


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PPA : 100 USD/MWh

Discount Rate : 8%

PPA : None

Discount Rate : 6%


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Concluding Remarks

Developed a modeling and optimization procedure for CCS-enabled fossil fuel and solar thermal systems

Solar thermal designs profitable with average electricity prices ≥ 54.5 USD/MWh and a 30% investment tax credit, though natural gas systems are generally preferable

Future work may include more detailed system models, improved optimization procedures, the treatment of other locations, and additional carbon policies

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Acknowledgements

John O’Donnell and GlassPoint Inc.

Obi Isebor

Stanford Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Questions?

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Problem Setup Coal Plant in New Mexico, exporting power to

Southern California.

System and component emissions cap at 499 kg / MWh, based on California Law SB 1368.

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Design Optimization

max NPV 𝐱, 𝐮 = −𝐶 𝐱 + 𝜏=1𝑁𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑃𝜏(𝐱,𝐮)

(1−𝑟)𝜏s.t. 𝐡des + 𝐡op ≤ 𝟎

Optimization Problem

Operations Optimization

max P 𝐱, 𝐮 = 𝑡=1

𝑁𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒−𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑅𝑡(𝐱, 𝐮𝑡) − 𝐸𝑡(𝐱, 𝐮𝑡) s.t. 𝐡op ≤ 𝟎

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x ∊ X

u ∊ U


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Design Algorithm – PSO-MADS

Gradient free search

Handles discreet and continuous variables

Dispatch Algorithm – SNOPT

Gradient based search algorithm

Handles continuous variables

Optimization Algorithms

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CO2 intensity – system and subsystems

Total power production – limited to twice the coal plant capacity

Mass balances

System Constraints

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Paired Electricity and Irradiation Data

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Accuracy vs Number of Clusters

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Accuracy vs Number of Clusters

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Early Summer Cluster Winter Cluster

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Solar / Natural Gas NPV Comparison (8% Real DR)

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