Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit werden dynamische Modelle eines IGCC-Kraftwerkes mit CO2-Abtrennung unter Verwendung des Modellierungstools Modelica/Dymola entwickelt. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Gaspfad der Gasreinigung. Es ist vorteilhaft, für verschiedene Aufgaben, Modelle mit unterschiedlicher Tiefe zu verwenden. Mit den detaillierten Modellen werden Simulationen der Teilprozesse durchgeführt. Für den Aufbau eines Gesamtsystems werden vereinfachte Modelle verwendet. Anhand des Gesamtsystems werden drei Regelkonzepte (Gleitdruckregelung, Leistungsregelung der Gasturbine, Leistungsregelung des Vergasers) untersucht und bewertet. Des Weiteren werden drei Störfallszenarien (Ausfall des Sättigers im Brennstoffsystem, Betriebsstörung in der Vergaserinsel, Unterbrechung der Stickstoffzumischung im Brennstoffsystem) getestet.

The objective of this thesis is to provide an extensive description of the correlations in some of the most crucial sub-processes for hard coal fired IGCC with carbon capture (CC-IGCC). For this purpose, process simulation models are developed for four industrial gasification processes, the CO-shift cycle, the acid gas removal unit, the sulfur recovery process, the gas turbine, the water-/steam cycle and the air separation unit (ASU). Process simulations clarify the influence of certain boundary conditions on plant operation, performance and economics. Based on that, a comparative benchmark of CC-IGCC concepts is conducted. Furthermore, the influence of integration between the gas turbine and the ASU is analyzed in detail. The generated findings are used to develop an advanced plant configuration with improved economics. Nevertheless, IGCC power plants with carbon capture are not found to be an economically efficient power generation technology at present day boundary conditions.

Mit der Arbeit werden braunkohlegefeuerte IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke gesamtheitlich beschrieben, deren Potenziale erarbeitet und mit ASPEN Plus™ sowie EBSILON® Professional simulativ abgebildet. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass ausgehend von Basiskonzepten braunkohlegefeuerter IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke mit verschiedenen Potenzialen zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik sowie dem im Jahr 2025 Wirkungsgradsteigerungen sowie prozesstechnische Vereinfachungen möglich sind. Als Potenziale werden dabei verringerte Braunkohletrocknung, konservativere Annahmen der technologischen Auslegung als auch Modifizierungen der CO-Konvertierung, sowie für das Jahr 2025 konservative Annahmen und innovative Potenziale untersucht. Ausgangspunkt bildet eine Analyse von bestehenden und zukünftig erwarteten Prozesskomponenten braunkohlegefeuerter IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke unter Berücksichtigung von drei unterschiedlichen Vergasungsverfahren (nach Siemens, nach Shell und dem HTW-Verfahren).

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit werden dynamische Modelle eines IGCC-Kraftwerkes mit CO2-Abtrennung unter Verwendung des Modellierungstools Modelica/Dymola entwickelt. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Gaspfad der Gasreinigung. Es ist vorteilhaft, für verschiedene Aufgaben, Modelle mit unterschiedlicher Tiefe zu verwenden. Mit den detaillierten Modellen werden Simulationen der Teilprozesse durchgeführt. Für den Aufbau eines Gesamtsystems werden vereinfachte Modelle verwendet. Anhand des Gesamtsystems werden drei Regelkonzepte (Gleitdruckregelung, Leistungsregelung der Gasturbine, Leistungsregelung des Vergasers) untersucht und bewertet. Des Weiteren werden drei Störfallszenarien (Ausfall des Sättigers im Brennstoffsystem, Betriebsstörung in der Vergaserinsel, Unterbrechung der Stickstoffzumischung im Brennstoffsystem) getestet.

The objective of this thesis is to provide an extensive description of the correlations in some of the most crucial sub-processes for hard coal fired IGCC with carbon capture (CC-IGCC). For this purpose, process simulation models are developed for four industrial gasification processes, the CO-shift cycle, the acid gas removal unit, the sulfur recovery process, the gas turbine, the water-/steam cycle and the air separation unit (ASU). Process simulations clarify the influence of certain boundary conditions on plant operation, performance and economics. Based on that, a comparative benchmark of CC-IGCC concepts is conducted. Furthermore, the influence of integration between the gas turbine and the ASU is analyzed in detail. The generated findings are used to develop an advanced plant configuration with improved economics. Nevertheless, IGCC power plants with carbon capture are not found to be an economically efficient power generation technology at present day boundary conditions.

Mit der Arbeit werden braunkohlegefeuerte IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke gesamtheitlich beschrieben, deren Potenziale erarbeitet und mit ASPEN Plus™ sowie EBSILON® Professional simulativ abgebildet. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass ausgehend von Basiskonzepten braunkohlegefeuerter IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke mit verschiedenen Potenzialen zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik sowie dem im Jahr 2025 Wirkungsgradsteigerungen sowie prozesstechnische Vereinfachungen möglich sind. Als Potenziale werden dabei verringerte Braunkohletrocknung, konservativere Annahmen der technologischen Auslegung als auch Modifizierungen der CO-Konvertierung, sowie für das Jahr 2025 konservative Annahmen und innovative Potenziale untersucht. Ausgangspunkt bildet eine Analyse von bestehenden und zukünftig erwarteten Prozesskomponenten braunkohlegefeuerter IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke unter Berücksichtigung von drei unterschiedlichen Vergasungsverfahren (nach Siemens, nach Shell und dem HTW-Verfahren).:1 Einleitung und Zielsetzung 2 Grundlagen und Methodik 2.1 IGCC und CCS 2.2 Gewählte Randbedingungen 2.3 Untersuchte Konzepte 2.4 Grundlagen der Konzeptbewertung 2.4.1 Energetische Analyse 2.4.2 Exergetische Analyse 2.4.3 Kohlenstoffbilanz 2.5 Verfahrenstechnische Simulationswerkzeuge 3 IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerksprozess 3.1 Vergasung 3.1.1 Reaktionen 3.1.2 Fluiddynamische Klassifizierung 3.1.3 Vergasungstechnologien 3.1.4 Flowsheet Simulation der Vergasungstechnologien 3.1.5 Vergleich der abgebildeten Vergasungstechnologien 3.2 Vergasungsstofftrocknung und -aufbereitung 3.2.1 Technologie der Vergasungsstofftrocknung und -aufbereitung 3.2.2 Flowsheet Simulation der Vergasungsstofftrocknung und -aufbereitung 3.3 Sauerstoffbereitstellung 3.3.1 Technologie der kryogenen Luftzerlegung 3.3.2 Flowsheet Simulation der kryogenen Luftzerlegung 3.3.3 Potenziale 3.4 Gaskonditionierung 3.4.1 Kühlung, Entstaubung und Spurstoffentfernung 3.4.2 CO-Konvertierung 3.4.3 CO2- und H2S-Abtrennung 3.4.4 H2S-Aufbereitung 3.4.5 CO2-Verdichtung und -Speicherung 3.4.6 Reingaskonditionierung 3.5 Stromerzeugung im GuD-Prozess 3.5.1 Technologie des GuD-Prozesses 3.5.2 Flowsheet Simulation des GuD-Prozesses 3.5.3 Potenziale 3.6 Gesamtkonzepte für IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik 3.7 Betrachtungen zu Strängigkeit und Verfügbarkeit der Gesamtkonzepte für IGCC-CCS-Kraftwerke zum gegenwärtiger Stand der Technik 4 Konzeptstudien 4.1 Konservative Annahmen zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik 4.2 Verringerte Braunkohletrocknung zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik 4.3 Modifizierte CO-Konvertierung zum gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik 4.3.1 Quenchkonvertierung 4.3.2 Isotherme katalytische CO-Konvertierung 4.3.3 Kombination von Quenchkonvertierung und isothermer katalytischer CO-Konvertierung 4.4 Konservative Annahmen zum Stand der Technik im Jahr 2025 4.5 Innovatives Potenzial zum Stand der Technik im Jahr 2025 5 Zusammenfassung

Geophysical methods are essential for exploration and monitoring of subsurface formations, e.g. in carbon dioxide sequestration or enhanced geothermal energy. One of the keys to their successful application is the knowledge of how the measured physical quantities are related to the desired reservoir parameters. The work presented in this thesis shows that the presence of carbon dioxide (CO2) in pore space gives rise to multiple processes all of which contribute to the electrical rock conductivity variation. Basically, three mechanisms take place: (1) CO2 partially replaces the pore water, which is equivalent to a decrease in water saturation. (2) CO2 chemically interacts with the pore water by dissolution and dissociation. These processes change both the chemical composition and the pH of the pore filling fluid. (3) The low-pH environment can give rise to mineral dissolution and/or precipitation processes and changes the properties of the grain-water interface. Investigations on the pore water phase show that the reactive nature of CO2 in all physical states significantly acts on the electrical conductivity of saline pore waters. The physico-chemical interaction appears in different manifestations depending mainly on the pore water composition (salinity, ion types) but also on both temperature and pressure. The complex behaviour includes a low- and a high-salinity regime originating from the conductivity increasing effect of CO2 dissociation, which is opposed by the conductivity decreasing effect of reduced ion activity caused by the enhanced mutual impediment of all solutes. These results are fundamental since the properties of the water phase significantly act on all conduction mechanisms in porous media. In order to predict the variation of pore water conductivity, both a semi-analytical formulation and an empirical relationship for correcting the pore water conductivity, which depends on salinity, pressure and temperature, are derived. The central part of the laboratory experiments covers the spectral complex conductivity of water-bearing sand during exposure to and flow-through by CO2 at pressures up to 30MPa and temperatures up to 80°C. It is shown that the impact of CO2 on the real part of conductivity of a clean quartz sand is dominated by the low- and high-salinity regime of the pore water. The obtained data further show that chemical interaction causes a reduction of interface conductivity, which could be related to the low pH in the acidic environment. This effect is described by a correction term, which is a constant value as a first approximation. When the impact of CO2 is taken into account, a correct reconstruction of fluid saturation from electrical measurements is possible. In addition, changes of the inner surface area, which are related to mineral dissolution or precipitation processes, can be quantified. Both the knowledge gained from the laboratory experiments and a new workflow for the description and incorporation of geological geometry models enable realistic finite element simulations. Those were conducted for three different electromagnetic methods applied in the geological scenario of a fictitious carbon dioxide sequestration site. The results show that electromagnetic methods can play an important role in monitoring CO2 sequestration. Compared to other geophysical methods, electromagnetic techniques are generally very sensitive to pore fluids. The proper configuration of sources and receivers for a suitable electromagnetic method that generates the appropriate current systems is essential. Its reactive nature causes CO2 to interact with a water-bearing porous rock in a much more complex manner than non-reactive gases. Without knowledge of the specific interactions between CO2 and rock, a determination of saturation and, consequently, a successful monitoring are possible only to a limited extend. The presented work provides fundamental laboratory investigations for the understanding of the electrical properties of rocks when the reactive gas CO2 enters the rock-water system. All laboratory results are put in the context of potential monitoring applications. The transfer from petrophysical investigations to the planning of an operational monitoring design by means of close-to-reality 3D FE simulations is accomplished.

BECCS (Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage) is an important part of measures to achieve zero net emissions globally by 2050, as the technology can create carbon sinks. However, the technology is very energy-intensive and expensive, and affects the existing systems at implementation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility of implementing BECCS at Karlstad Energy's biofuel-fired CHP-plant, Heden 3. The goal is, by simulation in CHEMCAD, to generate energy consumption key figures for two different separation technologies (MEA-MonoEthanolAmine and HPC-HotPotassiumCarbonate) with 90 % separation rate in three different operating cases. In addition, the systemic impact on Heden 3 will be determined by analyzing three different scenarios. In the first scenario fuel consumption is kept unchanged and steam to the carbon capture system is extracted before the turbine. In the second scenario fuel supply increases to meet the district heating needs of the existing system and steam to the carbon capture system is extracted before the turbine. In the third scenario fuel supply is kept unchanged and steam is extracted from the turbine. In addition, the study investigates various transport options for storage of carbon dioxide and finally calculate the total carbon sink Karlstad Energy can contribute to. The results show that production of electricity is reduced by 65-87 % after implementation of MEA and 151-238 % for HPC in the first scenario. Without heat utilization in the carbon capture system, heat production is reduced by 66-86 % with MEA and 54-76% for HPC. In the second scenario, a fuel supply increase by 134 % is required to meet the needs, which corresponds to more than twice the boiler capacity and results in a reduced production of electricity by 247 %. In the third scenario, production of electricity is reduced by 104 % at maximum load with HPC. The HPC system has high-quality heat to utilize, probably enough to meet the district heating needs without increasing the boiler power. But heat optimization opportunities need to be further explored in order to be able to express something to a greater extent. The MEA process does not offer the same opportunities for heat utilization. As the CHP-plant have heat as the main product, HPC would be a more suitable alternative despite the high load on the electricity production. The performance of the carbon dioxide plant seems to vary between different operating cases and it can be concluded that the variation is related to the flue gas composition rather than being load dependent. Transport of carbon dioxide by train has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions and requires the least number of cargoes for transport from Karlstad to storage in Norway. However, this is not relevant at present because of the lack of rail connection to the plant. Total carbon sink is approximately 127 000 tonnes per year if the boiler capacity is assumed to be unchanged. / BECCS (Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage) är en viktig del av åtgärder i målet om att nå nollnetto utsläpp år 2050 globalt, då tekniken kan skapa kolsänkor. Tekniken är dock mycket energikrävande och dyr, och påverkar de befintliga systemen vid implementering. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka möjligheten att implementera BECCS på Karlstad Energis biobränsleeldade kraftvärmeverk, Heden 3. Målet är att, genom simulering i CHEMCAD, ta fram förbrukningsnyckeltal för två olika avskiljningstekniker (MEA-MonoEtanolAmin och HPC-HotPotassiumCarbonate) med 90 % avskiljningsgrad vid tre olika driftfall. Dessutom ska systempåverkan på Heden 3 fastställas genom analys av tre olika scenarier. I första scenariot hålls bränsleförbrukningen oförändrad och ånga till koldioxidavskiljningssystemet tappas av innan turbinen. I det andra scenariot ökar bränsletillförseln för att tillgodose fjärrvärmebehovet i det befintliga systemet och ånga till koldioxidavskiljningssystemet tappas av innan turbinen. I det tredje scenariot hålls bränsletillförseln oförändrad och ånga extraheras från turbinen. Därtill undersöks i studien olika transportmöjligheter till lagringsplats av koldioxiden och slutligen beräknas den totala kolsänkan Karlstad Energi kan bidra med. Resultaten visar att elproduktionen i det första scenariot reduceras med 65-87 % för MEA och för HPC 151-238 %. Utan värmeutnyttjande från koldioxidavskiljningssystemen reduceras värmeproduktionen med 66-86 % med MEA och 54-76 % med HPC. I det andra scenariot krävs att bränsletillförseln ökar med 134 % för att tillgodose behoven vilket motsvarar mer än dubbla panneffekten och innebär en reducerad elproduktion på 247 %. I det tredje scenariot reduceras elproduktionen med 104 % vid maximal last med HPC.  I HPC-systemet finns högvärdig värme att utnyttja, sannolikt tillräckligt mycket för att kunna uppfylla fjärrvärmebehovet utan att öka panneffekten. Men värmeoptimeringsmöjligheter behöver undersökas ytterligare för att kunna uttrycka något i större omfattning. I MEA-processen finns inte samma möjligheter till värmeutnyttjande. Eftersom kraftvärmeverket har värme som främsta produkt skulle således HPC vara ett lämpligare alternativ trots den höga belastningen på elproduktionen. Koldioxidanläggningens prestanda förefaller variera mellan olika driftfall och med en enklare undersökning kunde slutsatsen dras att variationen har ett samband med rökgassammansättningen snarare än att det är ett lastberoende. Transport av koldioxid med tåg har lägst koldioxidutsläpp och kräver minst antal laster för transport från Karlstad till lagring i Norge. Detta är dock inte aktuellt i dagsläget på grund av avsaknaden av räls in till verket. Den totala kolsänkan är cirka 127 000 ton per år om pannan antas köras oförändrat.

We theoretically and experimentally investigate the impact of pore space structure, wettability, and surface roughness on the displacement front, trapping, and sweeping efficiency at low capillary numbers. The microstructure of (i) 2D geologically-realistic media (2D natural sand and sandstone), (ii) a topological 3D-2D-transformation (2D sand analog), and (iii) geometrically representative media (Delaunay Triangulation) were studied over a wide range of wettability from water-wet to oil-wet systems provided by using various fluid-pairs. We observed the transition (compact to fractal) in the displacement front caused by local instabilities identified by Cieplak and Robbins. The trapping efficiency of 2D natural microstructures showed a non-monotonous dependency on wettability, whereas a crossover from no trapping to maximal trapping was observed in 2D patterns of circular grains. For the first time, we compared identical experimental microstructures with simulation, capturing the key elements of the invasion process. We demonstrated that corner flows occur particularly in low-porosity media, where the smaller grain-grain distance hindered the corner-flow bridging. These insights could improve the CO2 geological storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery processes.

The mitigation of greenhouse gases, like CO2 is a challenging aspect for our society. A strategy to hamper the constant emission of CO2 is utilizing carbon capture and storage technologies. CO2 is sequestrated in subsurface reservoirs. However, these reservoirs harbor the risk of leakage and appropriate geophysical monitoring methods are needed. A crucial aspect of monitoring is the assignment of measured data to certain events occurring. Especially if changes in the measured data are small, suitable statistical methods are needed. In this thesis, a new statistical workflow based on cluster analysis is proposed to detect similar transient electromagnetic signals. The similarity criteria dynamic time warping, the autoregressive distance, and the normalized root-mean-square distance are investigated and evaluated with respect to the classic Euclidean norm. The optimal number of clusters is determined using the gap statistic and visualized with multidimensional scaling. To validate the clustering results, silhouette values are used. The statistical workflow is applied to a synthetic data set, a long-term monitoring data set and a repeat measurement at a pilot CO2-sequestration site in Brooks, Alberta.