Waste heat recovery in the coal-fired power generation integrated with post-combustion

Post combustion systems (PCS) are a viable technology option to reduce carbon dioxide in the electricity production. However, the energy-intensive of PCC precludes its wide scale application. As for the optimization of the post combustion system, there is an optimal inlet temperature of the stripper. By optimizing the parameter of the post combustion system, the energy consumption rate of the post combustion system decreased by 1.4 GJ/t CO
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under 100% THA compared to the original post combustion system. The needed heat by the stripper shows a fall with the decrease of the unit load ratio. However, the heat changes of the post combustion system decrease with the decrease of the unit load ratio under 90% absorption rate. The efficiency penalty can be as low as 4.1% through waste heat recovery.