System and method for conditioning syngas and capturing carbon dioxide from conditioned syngas for production of power, chemicals, and other value added products

A system for capturing and utilizing carbon dioxide (CO2) of one or more gases from one or more plants, comprising:

• a system gas flow inlet channel configured to receive the one or more gases from the one or more plants, wherein the one or more gases comprise at least carbon monoxide (CO) and water vapor;
• a plug flow reactor (PFR) configured to receive a first fraction of the one or more gases and convert the one or more gases to CO2 and hydrogen (H2);
• a bypass channel configured to receive a second fraction of the one or more gases so that the second fraction of the one or more gases bypasses the PFR and combines the second fraction of the one or more gases with the CO2 and H2 from the PFR to form CO2 and syngas;
• a CO2 capture unit configured to receive the CO2 and the syngas and separate the CO2 from the syngas for compression, distribution, storage, and other uses of the CO2;
• one or more flow controllers configured to modulate the first fraction and the second fraction;
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• an automated control system (ACS) configured to:
• determine one or more parameters of at least one gas of the one or more gases through the system gas flow inlet channel, the first fraction of the one or more gases, the second fraction of the one or more gases, the CO2 flowing into the CO2 capture unit, or the syngas flowing into the CO2 capture unit, and
• command the one or more flow controllers to modulate at least one of the first fraction or the second fraction based on the one or more parameters and on a cost model that utilizes a cost function to derive a cost based on a total system cost loss.