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TI Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Dynamic Model: H2\S Absorption/Stripping, Water-Gas Shift Reactors, and CO2 Absorption/Stripping SO INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB Gasification could potentially emerge as the premier unit operation in the en ergy and chemical industries. In the future, plants are predicted to be a hybrid between power and chemical with the ability to handle unavoidable swings in bot h power demand and biomass feed composition without a loss of efficiency. The co upling of a power plant with a chemical plant provides an additional control deg ree of freedom, which fundamentally improves the controllability of the process. The coupling of an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant wi th a methanol chemical plant handles swings in power demand by diverting hydroge n gas from a combustion turbine and syn gas from the gasifier to a methanol plan t for the production of an easily stored, hydrogen-consuming liquid product. Thi s paper presents an extension of the dynamic gasifier model, which uses a high-m olecular weight hydrocarbon (with a 1 : 1 hydrogen to carbon ratio) as a pseudobiomass feed stock. Using this gasifier model, the downstream units of a typical IGCC can be modeled in the widely used process simulator Aspen Dynamics. Dynami c simulations of the H2S absorption/stripping unit, water gas shift (WGS) reacto rs, and CO2 absorption/stripping unit are essential for the development of stabl e and agile plantwide control structures of this hybrid power/chemical plant. Be cause of the high pressure of the system, hydrogen sulfide is removed by means o f physical absorption. SELEXOL (a mixture of the dimethyl ethers of polyethylene glycol) is used to achieve a gas purity of less than 5 ppm H2S. This desulfuriz ed synthesis gas is sent to two water gas shift reactors that convert a total of 99% of carbon monoxide to hydrogen. Physical absorption of carbon dioxide with Selexol produces a hydrogen-rich stream (90 mol % H-2) to be fed into combustion turbines or to a methanol plant. Steady-state economic designs and plantwide co ntrol structures are developed in this paper. C1 [Robinson, Patrick J.; Luyben, William L.] Lehigh Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Bethl ehem, PA 18015 USA. RP Luyben, WL (reprint author), Lehigh Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA EM WLL0@Lehigh.edu FU Zisman Family Foundation FX Financial support for this work provided by the Zisman Family Foundation is greatly appreciated. NR 17 TC 4 Z9 4 PU AMER CHEMICAL SOC PI WASHINGTON PA 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA SN 0888-5885 J9 IND ENG CHEM RES JI Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. PD MAY 19 PY 2010 VL 49 IS 10 BP 4766

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