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US 2023/0408192 A1Published application
Power generation process utilizing fuel, liquid air and/or oxygen with zero co2 emissions
AssigneeSaipem S.P.A.
InventorsMatteo BERRA, Lorenzo BRUNO
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Abstract
A system which integrates a power production system and an energy storage system represented by gas liquefaction systems is provided.
Claims22
A process for producing power and liquefying a gas, the process comprising:
- 1) producing, in a combustor, an exhaust gas comprising water vapor and CO2,
- 2) expanding said exhaust gas in a first expander generating power, thus obtaining an expanded exhaust gas,
- 3) cooling the expanded exhaust gas in a waste heat recovery unit (WHRU), thus obtaining a cooled exhaust gas and partial condensation of the water vapor,
- 4) separating a portion of condensed water vapor in a first separator, thus obtaining a partially dehydrated exhaust gas,
- 5) pumping the portion of the condensed water vapor separated in the first separator by a first pump and recycling it to said combustor,
- 6) cooling said partially dehydrated exhaust gas in a first heat exchanger, thus obtaining a further cooled exhaust gas,
- 7) separating a second portion of the condensed water vapor in a second separator, thus obtaining a further dehydrated exhaust gas,
- 8) subjecting said further dehydrated exhaust gas to further dehydration in a dehydration unit, thus obtaining an exhaust gas mainly composed of CO2,
- 9) liquefying the CO2 in said exhaust gas mainly composed of CO2 in a liquefaction unit, thus obtaining a liquefied CO2 flow, and
- 10) separating a portion of said liquefied CO2 flow and recycling it to said combustor.
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