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Dynamic Modeling and Evaluation of an Industrial-Scale CO<sub>2</sub> Capture Plant Using Monoethanolamine Absorption Processes
This paper presents a step-by-step
method to scale-up an MEA (monoethanolamine)
absorption plant for CO<sub>2</sub> capture from a 750 MW supercritical
coal-fired power plant. This CO<sub>2</sub> capture plant consists
of three absorbers (each 11.8 m in diameter and with 34 m of height)
and two strippers (each 10.4 m in diameter with 16 m of height); the
plant has been designed to achieve 87% CO<sub>2</sub> recovery at
95% CO<sub>2</sub> purity. A dynamic mechanistic model of a commercial-scale
CO<sub>2</sub> capture plant with a control scheme was developed in
gPROMS and evaluated under several scenarios. The analysis revealed
that this plant is able to reject various disturbances and switch
between different operating points displaying prompt responses in
the key controlled variables. Also, this study highlights that poor
wetting in strippers can be avoided if the CO<sub>2</sub> capture
removal set point is scheduled based on the periodic operation of
the power plant