During the optimization process different plant configurations are considered: simple or regenerative and subcritical or transcritical.
Six plant configurations, each with a different syngas production method, were compared.
Two plant configurations are compared, one without and one with CO2 capture and storage.
As a result the process plant configurations enabling to meet the required product specifications are identified.
Both "recycle" and "once-through" plant configurations are evaluated in this paper.
Two modified PCC plant configurations with low efficiency penalty were selected.
As an illustrative example, an iron-based chemical looping system was assessed in various plant configurations.
Fig. 10 Impact of CCS deployment under different power plant configurations for the Springville power plant, Arizona, Southwestern US.
The damage in the acidification and eutrophication category is negligible (less than 1%% across different plant configurations).
This includes the variabilities and uncertainties in the various parameters within the base plant and the futuristic plant configurations.
For a given end-product, the lowest costs are associated with thermochemical plant configurations, followed by hybrid and electrochemical plants.
