Prospects of using equilibrium-based column models in dynamic process simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture for coal-fired power plant

Authors(s): Rohan DUTTA, Lars O. NORD, Olav BOLLAND

Affilation: Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Reference: Dutta, R., Nord, L.O., Bolland, O., 2017. Prospects of using equilibrium-based column models in dynamic process simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture for coal-fired power plant. Fuel 202, 85–97.

Abstract: “This paper discusses the limitations and prospects of using equilibrium-based column models for the dynamic simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture processes. Based on their features, one of three available commercial process simulators was chosen for this study…”

DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.04.030

Comments: the authors, while belonging to an organization which is an Associate Member in CO-LaN, have not used any CAPE-OPEN technology in their work. However, it is worth noting that, in the list of criteria used to compare the three simulators they considered for their study, they include “CAPE-OPEN thermo” and they indicate that all three simulators, namely Aspen Plus and Dynamics 8.6, Aspen Hysys 8.6  and gPROMS (version unknown) support CAPE-OPEN Thermo. Using the presence of CAPE-OPEN interfaces within a simulator gives credit to the added functionality provided by CAPE-OPEN. The weight and importance given to this item in the comparison remains however unknown at this stage.