Imperial College London
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Dr Mai Bui

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Research Associate
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9959m.bui Website

 
 
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Room 501, Weeks Building16 Prince's GardensSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bui:2020:10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102879,
author = {Bui, M and Flø, NE and de, Cazenove T and Mac, Dowell N},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102879},
journal = {International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control},
pages = {1--26},
title = {Demonstrating flexible operation of the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) CO2 capture plant},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102879},
volume = {93},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This study demonstrates the feasibility of flexible operation of CO2capture plants with dynamic modelling and experimental testing at the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) CO2capture facility in Norway. This paper presents three flexible operation scenarios: (i) effect of steam flow rate, (ii) time-varying solvent regeneration, and (iii) variable ramp rate. The dynamic model of the TCM CO2capture plant developed in gCCS provides further insights into the process dynamics. As the steam flow rate decreases, lean CO2loading increases, thereby reducing CO2capture rate and decreasing absorber temperature. The time-varying solvent regeneration scenario is demonstrated successfully. During “off-peak” mode (periods of low electricity price), solvent is regenerated, reducing lean CO2loading to 0.16molqY:/molMEAand increasing CO2capture rate to 89–97%. The “peak” mode(period of high electricity price) stores CO2within the solvent by reducing the reboiler heat supply and in-creasing solvent flow rate. During peak mode, lean CO2loading increases to 0.48molqY:/molMEA, reducing CO2 capture rate to 14.5%, which in turn decreases the absorber temperature profile. The variable ramp rate scenario demonstrates that different ramp rates can be applied successively to a CO2capture plant. By maintaining constant liquid-to-gas (L/G) ratio during the changes, the CO2capture performance will remain the same, i.e., constant lean CO2loading (0.14–0.16molqY:/molMEA) and CO2capture rate (87–89%). We show that flexible operation in a demonstration scale absorption CO2capture process is technically feasible. The deviation between the gCCS model and dynamic experimental data demonstrates further research is needed to improve existing dynamic modelling software. Continual development in our understanding of process dynamics during flexible operation of CO2capture plants will be essential. This paper provides additional value by presenting a com-prehensive dy
AU  - Bui,M
AU  - Flø,NE
AU  - de,Cazenove T
AU  - Mac,Dowell N
DO  - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102879
EP  - 26
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1750-5836
SP  - 1
TI  - Demonstrating flexible operation of the Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) CO2 capture plant
T2  - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102879
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583619303652?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75623
VL  - 93
ER  -
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