AZEP: Advanced zero emission power plant

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0054-1

Key words (English)

Kraftwerkskonzept ; Reduktion von Emissionen;
Environmental Protection; Energy Saving

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ENK6-CT-2001-00514

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4b.1 Cleaner energy systems, including renewables

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Alstom Power Sweden AB, Finspong (S)

Abstract (English)

AZEP addresses the development of a specific, zero emissions, gas turbine-based, power generation process in which:
- 100% reduction of CO_2 emission is made possible;
- The cost of CO_2 separation (compared to tail end capture) is reduced by 25-35% within 6 years, and by 35-50% within 10 years;
- Conventional, air-based, gas turbine equipment is utilised, allowing retrofitting;
- NO_x emissions are well below 1 ppm;
- The loss in power plant efficiency is less than 2 percentage points. The key to achieving these targets is the development of an integrated reactor, in which O_2 is separated from air, such that combustion occurs in an N_2-free environment.

To this effect, the following objectives have been set:
- Establish the economic/environmental advantages of the proposed process, reflecting emerging CO_2 disposal strategies;
- Develop a mixed conducting membrane (MCM) for cost-effective supply of O_2;
- Develop a combustion method for fuel/O_2mixtures, which are heavily diluted with exhaust gas;
- Integrate the components (membrane, combustor) into a single unit MCM-Reactor and perform functionality tests.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0054-1