A Technoeconomic Analysis of Different Options for Cogenerating Power in Hydrogen Plants Based on Natural Gas ReformingSource: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power:;2007:;volume( 129 ):;issue: 002::page 338DOI: 10.1115/1.2434346Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Steam methane reforming is the most common process for producing hydrogen in the world. It currently represents the most efficient and mature technology for this purpose. However, because of the high investment costs, this technology is only convenient for large sizes. Furthermore, the cooling of syngas and flue gas produce a great amount of excess steam, which is usually transferred outside the process, for heating purposes or industrial applications. The opportunity of using this additional steam to generate electric power has been studied in this paper. In particular, different power plant schemes have been analyzed, including (i) a Rankine cycle, (ii) a gas turbine simple cycle, and (iii) a gas-steam combined cycle. These configurations have been investigated with the additional feature of CO2 capture and sequestration. The reference plant has been modeled according to state-of-the-art of commercial hydrogen plants: it includes a prereforming reactor, two shift reactors, and a pressure swing adsorption unit for hydrogen purification. The plant has a conversion efficiency of ∼75% and produces 145,000Sm3∕hr of hydrogen (equivalent to 435MW on the lower-heating-volume basis) and 63t∕hr of superheated steam. The proposed power plants generate, respectively, 22MW (i), 36MW (ii), and 87MW (iii) without CO2 capture. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the optimum size for each configuration and to investigate the influence of some parameters, such as electricity, natural gas, and steam costs.
keyword(s): Hydrogen , Industrial plants , Steam AND Natural gas ,
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contributor author | Alessandro Corradetti | |
contributor author | Umberto Desideri | |
date accessioned | 2017-05-09T00:23:42Z | |
date available | 2017-05-09T00:23:42Z | |
date copyright | April, 2007 | |
date issued | 2007 | |
identifier issn | 1528-8919 | |
identifier other | JETPEZ-26949#338_1.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/135729 | |
description abstract | Steam methane reforming is the most common process for producing hydrogen in the world. It currently represents the most efficient and mature technology for this purpose. However, because of the high investment costs, this technology is only convenient for large sizes. Furthermore, the cooling of syngas and flue gas produce a great amount of excess steam, which is usually transferred outside the process, for heating purposes or industrial applications. The opportunity of using this additional steam to generate electric power has been studied in this paper. In particular, different power plant schemes have been analyzed, including (i) a Rankine cycle, (ii) a gas turbine simple cycle, and (iii) a gas-steam combined cycle. These configurations have been investigated with the additional feature of CO2 capture and sequestration. The reference plant has been modeled according to state-of-the-art of commercial hydrogen plants: it includes a prereforming reactor, two shift reactors, and a pressure swing adsorption unit for hydrogen purification. The plant has a conversion efficiency of ∼75% and produces 145,000Sm3∕hr of hydrogen (equivalent to 435MW on the lower-heating-volume basis) and 63t∕hr of superheated steam. The proposed power plants generate, respectively, 22MW (i), 36MW (ii), and 87MW (iii) without CO2 capture. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the optimum size for each configuration and to investigate the influence of some parameters, such as electricity, natural gas, and steam costs. | |
publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
title | A Technoeconomic Analysis of Different Options for Cogenerating Power in Hydrogen Plants Based on Natural Gas Reforming | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 129 | |
journal issue | 2 | |
journal title | Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power | |
identifier doi | 10.1115/1.2434346 | |
journal fristpage | 338 | |
journal lastpage | 351 | |
identifier eissn | 0742-4795 | |
keywords | Hydrogen | |
keywords | Industrial plants | |
keywords | Steam AND Natural gas | |
tree | Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power:;2007:;volume( 129 ):;issue: 002 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |