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Technology of oxygen production in the membranecryogenic air separation system for a 600 MW oxy-type pulverized bed boiler

  • Silesian University of Technology

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Abstract

In this paper the results of the thermodynamic analysis of the oxy-combustion type pulverized bed boiler integrated with a hybrid, membrane- cryogenic oxygen separation installation are presented. For the calculations a 600 MW boiler with live steam parameters at 31.1 MPa /654.9 °C and reheated steam at 6.15 MPa/672.4 °C was chosen. In this paper the hybrid membrane-cryogenic technology as oxygen production unit for pulverized bed boiler was proposed. Such an installation consists of a membrane module and two cryogenic distillation columns. Models of these installations were built in the Aspen software. The energy intensity of the oxygen production process in the hybrid system was compared with the cryogenic technology. The analysis of the influence of membrane surface area on the energy intensity of the process of air separation as well as the influence of oxygen concentration at the inlet to the cryogenic installation on the energy intensity of a hybrid unit was performed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-76
Number of pages12
JournalArchives of Thermodynamics
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Cryogenic air separation
  • Membrane air separation
  • Oxygen production

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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