Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method of operating a boiler system that includes an oxy-fuel boiler in which an oxygen stream and a fuel stream are combusted to generate a flue gas stream. An air separation unit produces the oxygen stream for the oxy-fuel boiler. A gas processing unit cleans and compresses at least a portion of the flue gas stream generated in the oxy-fuel boiler producing a pressurized carbon dioxide stream. The method includes operating the boiler system, at least for a period of time, in a recirculation mode, during which a carbon dioxide stream from a CO2 compression unit within the gas processing unit is evaporated in the air separation unit and forwarded as a stream to the gas processing unit. The present disclosure further relates to a boiler system for an oxy-fuel process as well as to a power plant comprising such a system. The present disclosure also relates to the use of a carbon dioxide containing stream as a refrigerant.
Abstract:
A method for drying a wet CO2 rich gas stream from an oxy-combustion process that includes: compressing the wet CO2 rich gas stream to a drying process operating pressure, cooling the wet CO2 rich gas stream in at least one cooler, alternately drying the wet CO2 rich gas stream in at least one dryer which contains at least one desiccant bed and regenerating the desiccant bed by conducting a heated regenerating gas through the dryer in opposite direction to the flow direction of the wet CO2 rich gas stream, separating the dried CO2 rich gas stream in a purification process to a purified CO2 gas stream and a waste gas stream rich in nitrogen and oxygen, whereby the waste gas stream rich in nitrogen and oxygen is used as regenerating gas, and subsequently to the regeneration the dryer is purged at least once by a pressurized CO2 rich gas stream conducted from the compressor, and whereby the dryer is charged up to the drying process operating pressure with a pressurized CO2 rich gas stream conducted from the compressor before each drying process.