Biomass chemical looping gasification (BCLG) is a promising biomass utilization and carbon capture technology, while Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is an energy conversion technology that can achieve a higher energy grade. A new type of power system of BCLG coupled with the gas turbine (GT) and ORC was proposed to achieve the high-value utilization of biomass energy. This system achieved the graded utilization of different grades of energy through the material/energy exchange between subsystems. Aspen Plus software was used to simulate the effect of oxygen/biomass ratio (λ) and compressor pressure ratio (PR) on the power generation efficiency of the BCLG-GT system when corn straw, rice straw, and wheat straw were used as gasification fuels, respectively. The simulation results show that straw is the optimal gasification fuel for the BCLG-GT system among the three types of biomass, and the optimal simulation conditions are λ= 0.05 and PR=13. Based on the optimal operating conditions of the BCLG-GT subsystem, coupled with the ORC subsystem, the effects of the four organic fluids (R245fa, R134a, HCFC-123, and R-404A) and regenerative devices on the ORC system were further studied. The simulation results reveal that R245fa has higher practical value and better environmental friendliness, compared with R134a, HCFC-123, and R-404A. The net power output of the ORC system is increased by 13.37% after adding the regenerative device, and the net energy efficiency of the new BCLG-GT-ORC power system with the regenerative device reachs 35.48%. This study provids ideas and theoretical guidance for the design and optimization of BCLG units on an industrial scale.
China Coal Science and Industry Group Co., Ltd
Coal Science Research Institute Co., Ltd
Coal Industry Clean Coal Engineering
Technology Research Center
XIE Qiang
YU Chang
SHI Yixiang
ZHAO Yongchun
DUAN Linbo
CAO Jingpei
ZENG Jie
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