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Chemical Recovery of Energy in a Combined MHD-Steam Power Station; Recuperation Chimique d'Energie dans une Centrale Combinee MHD-Vapeur

Abstract

This paper studies the energetic and chemical aspects of the operation of a combined MHD-steam power station using the combustion gases from a fossil fuel in an open circuit with potassium seeding. It describes a process for the recovery of energy by endothermal chemical gasification of the fuel. The author first recalls briefly the thermal and chemical conditions to be met throughout the length of the gas flow and points out that it is vital to ensure as much recycling of energy as possible from below to above the MHD generator, at the expense of the conventional power station located further on in the system. The paper then describes the various processes intended to ensure the thermal operating conditions required, including preheating of the air, oxygen enrichment etc. The last part of the paper, which goes into greater detail while taking the foregoing considerations into account, explains the principle and various feasible methods of application of a process at present under study and experimentation. In this process some of the heat energy of the gases discharged from the MHD duct is recycled, partly in chemical form and partly as a limited amount of gas preheat. For this purpose the fuel,  More>>
Authors:
Carrasse, J. [1] 
  1. Societe Alsthom, Paris (France)
Publication Date:
Dec 15, 1966
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-SM-74/156
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on magnetohydrodynamic electrical power generation, Salzburg (Austria), 4-8 Jul 1966; Other Information: 2 refs., 2 tabs., 4 figs.; Related Information: In: Electricity from MHD. Vol. III. Proceedings of a Symposium on Magnetohydrodynamic Electrical Power Generation| 1092 p.
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPRESSION; DUCTS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FLUE GAS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS FLOW; GASIFICATION; HEAT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TREATMENTS; HYDROGEN; MHD GENERATORS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; POTASSIUM; SEED RECOVERY; STEAM; TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K; WATER VAPOR
OSTI ID:
22178016
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); European Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris (France)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; TRN: XA13M2008002460
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 883-898
Announcement Date:
Jan 09, 2014

Citation Formats

Carrasse, J. Chemical Recovery of Energy in a Combined MHD-Steam Power Station; Recuperation Chimique d'Energie dans une Centrale Combinee MHD-Vapeur. IAEA: N. p., 1966. Web.
Carrasse, J. Chemical Recovery of Energy in a Combined MHD-Steam Power Station; Recuperation Chimique d'Energie dans une Centrale Combinee MHD-Vapeur. IAEA.
Carrasse, J. 1966. "Chemical Recovery of Energy in a Combined MHD-Steam Power Station; Recuperation Chimique d'Energie dans une Centrale Combinee MHD-Vapeur." IAEA.
@misc{etde_22178016,
title = {Chemical Recovery of Energy in a Combined MHD-Steam Power Station; Recuperation Chimique d'Energie dans une Centrale Combinee MHD-Vapeur}
author = {Carrasse, J.}
abstractNote = {This paper studies the energetic and chemical aspects of the operation of a combined MHD-steam power station using the combustion gases from a fossil fuel in an open circuit with potassium seeding. It describes a process for the recovery of energy by endothermal chemical gasification of the fuel. The author first recalls briefly the thermal and chemical conditions to be met throughout the length of the gas flow and points out that it is vital to ensure as much recycling of energy as possible from below to above the MHD generator, at the expense of the conventional power station located further on in the system. The paper then describes the various processes intended to ensure the thermal operating conditions required, including preheating of the air, oxygen enrichment etc. The last part of the paper, which goes into greater detail while taking the foregoing considerations into account, explains the principle and various feasible methods of application of a process at present under study and experimentation. In this process some of the heat energy of the gases discharged from the MHD duct is recycled, partly in chemical form and partly as a limited amount of gas preheat. For this purpose the fuel, mixed with oxidizing agents such as water vapour or carbon dioxide, is gasified, at about 950 Degree-Sign C and after a series of collectively endothermal reactions, into a gas composed mainly of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen and excess water vapour and carbon dioxide. It is thus possible to avoid the employment of very high temperature heat exchangers working with seeded gas. The paper stresses the extraction of seeding material, which is simple and can here take place to a great extent in liquid form (fused salts) due to the fact that operation is in the temperature range around 1000 Degree-Sign C. Consideration is finally given to the use after treatment (cooling, extraction of seeding material, absorption of excess H{sub 2}O and CO{sub 2}, compression and re-heating) of the conversion gases as main fuel in the MHD duct. (author) [French] Ce rapport etudie les aspects energetique et chimique de l'exploitation d'une centrale combinee MHD-vapeur utilisant en cycle ouvert les gaz de combustion d'un combustible fossile avec ensemencement au potassium. Un procede de recuperation d'energie par conversion chimique endothermique du combustible est presente. Dans une premiere partie, on rappelle succinctement quelles conditions thermiques et chimiques doit remplir la veine gazeuse le long de son parcours et l'on met en evidence la necessite absolue d'un recyclage d*energie aussi important que possible de l'aval vers l'amont du generateur MHD, aux depens de la centrale classique lui faisant suite. On mentionne ensuite les differents procedes envisages pour assurer les conditions thermiques de fonctionnement: rechauffage d'air, suroxygenation, etc. Une derniere partie de ce rapport, plus developpee, tenant compte des remarques precedentes, expose le principe et differents modes d'application possibles d'un procede en cours d'etude et d'experimentation. Dans ce procede une partie de l'energie calorifique des gaz issus de la tuyere MHD est recyclee vers l'amont sous forme chimique sur un support gazeux a temperature limitee. Pour cela, le combustible melange a des agents oxydants tels que la vapeur d'eau ou l'anhydride carbonique est converti vers 950 Degree-Sign C suivant un ensemble de reactions globalement endothermiques,- en un gaz constitue principalement par de l'oxyde de carbone, de l'hydrogene, de l'azote et un excedent de vapeur d'eau et d'anhydride carbonique. On evite ainsi l'utilisation d'echangeurs a tres haute temperature travaillant en presence de semences. Le rapport insiste sur la dessemination, facilitee et rendue possible ici en grande partie sous forme liquide (sels fondus) grace a un fonctionnement dans la gamme des temperatures ayoisinant 1000 Degree-Sign C. On examine le cas de l'utilisation apres traitement (refroidissement, dessemination, absorption de H{sub 2}O et CO{sub 2} excedentaires, compression, rechauffage) des gaz de conversion, comme combustible principal dans la tuyere MHD. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1966}
month = {Dec}
}