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NETL Gen-2 Oxygen Carrier Assessment

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1886378· OSTI ID:1886378
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  1. KeyLogic Systems, LLC (United States)
  2. Deloitte Consulting, Gilbert, AZ (United States)
  3. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States)
The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Research and Innovation Center (RIC) has been conducting laboratory-scale tests to develop a new chemical looping combustion (CLC) oxygen carrier (OC) having copper, iron, and alumina components. This OC, designated as the Gen-2 OC throughout this report, has high maximum oxygen capacity and has been tested extensively in the RIC methane-fueled chemical looping reforming. A screening analysis has been conducted to estimate the performance and cost of CLC when utilizing the Gen-2 OC. In this report, the performance and cost results are compared to those of a range of previously assessed CLC OCs to provide a basis to establish the relative merits and issues associated with the Gen-2 OC. Base load CLC power plants utilizing the Gen-2 OC and the three comparison OCs considered in this assessment (Fe2O3-, CuO-, CaSO4-based) are estimated to have thermal efficiency and cost of electricity (COE) characteristics potentially superior to those of the equivalent conventional pulverized coal (PC) power plant applying conventional, amine-based CO2 capture technology. The current assessment does not address flexible plant operation. An evaluation of the CLC plant designed for flexible operation would need to include a comparable PC plant designed for flexible operation.
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
DOE Contract Number:
FE0025912
OSTI ID:
1886378
Report Number(s):
DOE/NETL-2019/2082
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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