LAPSE:2018.0810
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LAPSE:2018.0810
Techno-Economic Analysis of Combining Petroleum Coke and Natural Gas for Efficient Liquid Fuels Production
Ikenna Joseph Okeke, Thomas A Adams II
October 30, 2018
Waste petcoke can be converted to liquid fuels instead of stockpiling which reduces the net CO2 emission by displacing additional petroleum usage. In this study, three petcoke to liquid fuels designs were compared based on the following performance criteria: conversion efficiency, economics, and environmental impacts. The designs considered were petcoke gasification only, a combination of natural gas reforming and petcoke gasification, and natural gas reforming integrated in the petcoke gasification step. The processes were modeled and simulated using a combination of Aspen Plus v10, ProMax, and gProms software. Each of the configurations were designed to operate with and without carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology along with a corresponding carbon emission penalty. Performance metrics analyzed were the net present value, minimum diesel selling price, cost of CO2 avoided, and cradle to plant exit gate life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. From the analysis, the integration of natural gas in the petcoke gasifier design outperformed other design configurations in almost all criteria considered at the current market price of products and natural gas. However, at higher natural gas price, the petcoke only design without CCS turns out to be the most profitable. Therefore, different price parameters were examined with the aid of sensitivity analysis
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Okeke IJ, Adams TA II. Techno-Economic Analysis of Combining Petroleum Coke and Natural Gas for Efficient Liquid Fuels Production. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0810
Author Affiliations
Okeke IJ: McMaster University
Adams TA II: McMaster University [ORCID] [Google Scholar]
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Conference Title
68th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference
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Toronto Canada
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2018
Publication Date
2018-10-30
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