Integrated Pollutant Removal and Oxy-fuel Combustion: A Proven Path for Removal of All Pollutants and CO{sub}2 in Power Generation

摘要

Recent demonstrations have shown that ARC's Integrated Pollutant Removal (IPR) combined with Jupiter Oxygen's patented combustion process produces three captured material streams. The first stream of contaminant-laden water contains SO{sub}x, residual NO{sub}x, particulates and particulate-bound mercury. Captured fluid CO{sub}2, ready for sequestration, is the second stream. There can be a low-volume final flue gas stream (depending on the required purity of CO{sub}2), containing N{sub}2 and O{sub}2. Prior to the three capture streams, large particulate matter is removed via conventional methods. At each stage of the design process, proven technologies and readily available equipment commonly used in other process industries have been applied. A bench-scale system has been built and operated to demonstrate the feasibility of cleaning and liquefying the flue gas stream and to test the initial design decisions. The operation of the experimental system has validated the initial design and indicated that the system will be practical, with design refinements. Experimentation and modeling efforts are continuing to enable the team to refine design details for further pilot and full-scale demonstrations. Due to the unique combined efforts of both partners (ARC and Jupiter Oxygen); the use of proven technologies justify oxy-fuel combustion with IPR as a clean coal technology option.