SP2 Power plant & capture technology selection

SP-leader: SINTEF-ER

Objectives

Determining the overall configuration of plants that employ gasification technologies for the decarbonisation of coal and lignite (via a synthesis gas), and reforming technologies for natural gas, to be used for a combined production of hydrogen and electric power generation. This includes process integration studies, benchmarking and optimisation.

The design and process for transforming fossil fuels to hydrogen, power and CO₂ will be investigated in detail in SP2.

Dependent on the fossil fuel applied, either natural gas or a coal type, it will be investigated what will be the most cost-efficient design of the plant. Parameters that will be emphasised are such as hydrogen yield, flexibility in hydrogen supply vs. power supply, reliability and cost of installation and operation. Alternative designs including for instance novel technologies for CO₂ separation will also be investigated (e.g. new and improved amines).

Guidelines for all boundary conditions in the plant design will be provided, and finally the different plant concepts proposed will be benchmarked, both for natural gas and coal as fuel. The outcome of this sub-project will be a recommendation for the pre-engineering studies on which concept that is preferable for the HYPOGEN plant. Close connection and cooperation with activities in the EU-project Encap and Castor will gain the outcome of this work.