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Search for the Optimal Design of a Supercritical-CO 2 Brayton Power Cycle from a Superstructure-Based Approach Implemented in a Commercial Simulation Software

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  • Qiao Zhao

    (École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (UMR CNRS 7274), Université de Lorraine, 1 Rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France
    EDF R&D Chatou, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France)

  • Mounir Mecheri

    (EDF R&D Chatou, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France)

  • Thibaut Neveux

    (EDF R&D Chatou, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France)

  • Romain Privat

    (École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (UMR CNRS 7274), Université de Lorraine, 1 Rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France)

  • Jean-Noël Jaubert

    (École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (UMR CNRS 7274), Université de Lorraine, 1 Rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France)

  • Yann Le Moullec

    (EDF R&D Chatou, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France)

Abstract

Improving the efficiency and flexibility of fossil-fired power plants remains a current and challenging issue. In that regard, supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycles offer promising potential. This paper aims to apply a process synthesis approach to the design of a closed Brayton cycle using supercritical CO 2 as a working fluid with a coal furnace as a heat source. The general methodology presented here for designing closed power cycles includes the construction of a superstructure containing all relevant possible cycle layouts, the formulation of the cycle-synthesis problem as a mathematical optimization problem, and its solution using an appropriate algorithm. This study was conducted with the help of a process simulation commercial software (PROSIM) and using the Mixed-Integer Distributed Ant Colony Optimization (MIDACO) as a commercial optimization algorithm. This work highlights the limits of a purely technical optimization approach that would ignore the economical layer. The optimal structure obtained regarding Levelized Cost Of Electricity (LCOE) minimization is a configuration with one reheat of the supercritical CO 2 in the boiler, two recuperators, and one recompression loop around the low-temperature recuperator; it is associated with a cycle efficiency of 49.35 % and a 10% reduction in the LCOE in comparison to the optimal case found through energy optimization under typical design heuristics constraints.

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  • Qiao Zhao & Mounir Mecheri & Thibaut Neveux & Romain Privat & Jean-Noël Jaubert & Yann Le Moullec, 2023. "Search for the Optimal Design of a Supercritical-CO 2 Brayton Power Cycle from a Superstructure-Based Approach Implemented in a Commercial Simulation Software," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-31, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:14:p:5470-:d:1197260
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