Advanced CO2 Capture Pilot Plant at Tauron's coal-fired Power Plant: Initial Results and Further Opportunities

• Published in: Energy procedia Vol. 63; pp. 6318 - 6322
• Main Authors: Więcław-Solny, Lucyna, Tatarczuk, Adam, Stec, Marcin, Krótki, Aleksander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
• Subjects: CCS; PCC; pilot plant ;MEA; post-combustion carbon capture; PCC; CCS; post-combustion carbon capture; pilot plant ;MEA
• ISSN: 1876-6102; 1876-6102
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.664

Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal in cooperation with industrial partners: TAURON Polska Energia S.A. and TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A. designed, constructed and operated pilot plant at Łaziska Power Plant in Łaziska Górne, Poland. The carbon capture facility is based on amine post-combustion process technology and used 30 wt% aqueous ethanolamine solvent. Approximately 1000 kilograms of CO2 can be captured per day from flue gas stream of 200 m3/h of a 225MWe hard coal fired boiler. The plant captured its first tonne of CO2 in August 2013. The purpose of this study is to present initial results from tests carried out at Łaziska Power Plant using different process flow sheets: heat-integrated stripping column and split flow process. The tests provide valuable experimental evidence for modifications described in the literature, mainly through modelling and demonstrate that flow sheet modifications, despite the increase in plant complexity, are worth to consider.