Exergy analysis and heat integration of a pulverized coal oxy combustion power plant using ASPEN plus

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2017

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Khesa, Neo

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In this work a comprehensive exergy analysis and heat integration study was carried out on a coal based oxy-combustion power plant simulated using ASPEN plus. This is an extension on the work of Fu and Gundersen (2013). Several of the assumptions made in their work have been relaxed here. Their impact was found to be negligible with the results here matching closely with those in the original work. The thermal efficiency penalty was found to be 9.24% whilst that in the original work was 9.4%. The theoretical minimum efficiency penalty was determined to be 3% whilst that in the original work was 3.4%. Integrating the compression processes and the steam cycle was determined to have the potential to increase net thermal efficiency by 0.679%. This was close to the 0.72% potential reported in the original work for the same action.

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A dissertation submitted to the faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. 21 November 2016

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Khesa, Neo (2017) Exergy analysis and heat integration of a pulverized coal oxy combustion power plant using ASPEN plus, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22961>

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