Life Cycle Analysis: Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) Power Plants

Technical Report · Fri Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1562914· OSTI ID:1562914

Skone, Timothy J. ^[1]; Schivley, Greg ^[2]; Jamieson, Matt ^[3]; Marriott, Joe ^[3]; Cooney, Greg ^[3]; Littlefield, James ^[3]; Mutchek, Michele ^[3]; Krynock, Michelle ^[3]; Shih, Chung Yan ^[4]

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1. National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
2. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA (United States)
3. KeyLogic Systems, LLC, Morgantown, WV (United States)
4. Ledios, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

The life cycle environmental impacts and cost of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants with and without carbon capture and operating at an 85 percent capacity factor are evaluated in this analysis. The performance, emissions, and material requirements of the power plants are defined in the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Baseline Report as Cases B31A and B31B (Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants Volume 1a: Bituminous Coal (PC) and Natural Gas to Electricity Revision 3. (DOE/NETL-2015/1723)). These power plants are combined with the rest of the life cycle to provide a full inventory and translation of that inventory into environmental impacts. The captured carbon dioxide (CO₂) is evaluated as either being sequestered in a saline aquifer (carbon capture and sequestration [CCS]) or as used in CO₂-enhanced oil recovery (EOR), where CO₂ is sequestered in the oil-bearing formation.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0025912; FE0004001
• OSTI ID: 1562914
• Report Number(s): DOE/NETL-2018/1890
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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