ProTreat® Simulation Accurately Represents Experimental Results for Post-combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture with Novel Mixed Amine Solvent in Real Process Environment

• Published in: Energy procedia 2017-01, Vol.114, p.1380-1387
• Main Authors: Brown, Nathan, Staab, Greg A., Silverman, Tyler R., Heller, Grayson W., Kupfer, Rene, Panaccione, Charles, Brown, Alfred
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Advanced solvent; CO2 capture; Gas Processing; PCC; Power Generation; process model validation; ProTreat
• ISSN: 1876-6102; 1876-6102
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1259

Comparison of ProTreat® simulations to data obtained from testing ION's advanced solvent at the NCCC facility demonstrated excellent agreement between process simulations and process telemetry. ProTreat® simulations created and executed to resemble test conditions during ION's testing campaign at NCCC converged with good accuracy. The models predicted temperature profiles for absorption and stripping columns the were directly compared with real data and served to evaluate the accuracy of the simulations. Lean and rich solvent loading predictions using ProTreat® were within 6% (mass/mass) of measured results. The software-generated temperature profiles in the absorber and stripper yielded variances of less than 5°F (2°C) at any height of the packing across all periods of evaluation with real data. Comparing ProTreat® simulations with actual process data has provided confidence in using ProTreat® as a viable method for predicting ION's proprietary solvent's gas treating capabilities.