A simulation model to improve the energy efficiency of post combustion carbon capture process in coal power plant

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is considered as a promising option to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by power plants that use fossil fuels. However, it consumes significant amount of energy raising the cost of power generation, hence CCS technology may not be a long term viable option for reducing CO2 emissions. Reducing energy penalty through process integration has significant importance for CCS adoption by the power generation industry. Pinch technology is being used for process integration analysing overall process energy requirements to find economically optimal design. Exergy analysis, on the contrary, can reveal the major causes of thermodynamic imperfection of the processes and thus provides more insights for effective thermodynamic process design. Combining the strengths of both methods, this project will develop a simulation model to improve the process energy efficiency of post combustion carbon capture process in coal power plant. A rotating parallel disc device for flow-accelerated corrosion research