4 th EU Sout Africa Clean Coal Working Group Meeting Hybrid Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Concept Case Study for the Medupi Power Stationy Falk Hoffmeister Head of Sales and Business Development. Dr. Christian Bergins Head of R&D Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
Medupi and its potential for hybrid CSP Hitachi at a glance Medupi & Kusile Steam Generator Design Case Study Medupi Hybrid CSP Outlook List of open points 1
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Medupi and its potential for hybrid CSP Hitachi at a glance Medupi & Kusile Steam Generator Design Case Study Medupi Hybrid CSP Outlook List of open points 6
Medupi/ Kusile Power Station, South Africa 6 x 794 MWel / 2290 t/h Benson steam generator Medupi mine bituminous coal Operation parameters: SH: 564 C / 258 bar RH: 572 C / 53.2 bar Net efficiency (LHV): > 40 % 5 Mills type MPS 265 30 DS burner, 78 MW each Commissioning: 2013-2017 7
Medupi & Kusile Steam Generator Design Overall plant design 8
Medupi and its potential for hybrid CSP Hitachi at a glance Medupi & Kusile Steam Generator Design Case Study Medupi Hybrid CSP Outlook 9
Case Study Medupi Hybrid CSP Overview Solar Steam Generation for Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants 610 C / 55 bar 800 MW el HP IP LP1 LP2 G Coal fired power plant with solar heat integration 1490 MW th 149 MW th fossil solar 10
Case Study: Medupi Hybrid CSP Hybrid CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) Solar radiation: 2527 kwh/m² per year 11
Case Study: Medupi Hybrid CSP Hybrid CSP Solar radiation: 2527 kwh/m² per year Study items Fresnel system for feed water preheating Combination of direct steam injection (IP) and feed water preheating Parabolic trough system for feed water preheating for direct steam injection (IP) HP IP LP1 LP2 G solar fossil 12
Case Study: Medupi Hybrid CSP Investigated Hybrid CSP concepts Steam Kessel Generator HD HP MD IP 2 x ND IP mechanische Verluste Generator G Air Luftkondensator cooled condenser Speisewassertank Feed water M M M M M HP HD-Vorwärmung pre-heating Solar field Speisewasserpumpe Feed water pumps ND-Vorwärmung LP pre-heating 13
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Linear focussed Solar collectors Characteristics of different Solar collector types Parabolic through Higher temperature level Higher optical efficiency Utilisation of thermo oil as heat transfer medium (HTF) => additional heat exchanger Utilisation of water under development Fresnel collectors Smaler surface area Cheaper per m² mirror area, but larger mirror area Utilisation of water as HTF => no additional heat exchanger Source: [Quaschning, 2009] 14
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Linear focussed Solar collectors Characteristics of different Solar collector types Parabolic through Higher temperature level Higher optical efficiency Utilisation of thermo oil as heat transfer medium (HTF) Utilisation of water under development Fresnel collectors Smaler surface area Cheaper per m² mirror area, but larger mirror area Utilisation of water as HTF 15
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Basic assumptions Basic assumptions Technical feasibility study assuming availability of land and water around the Medupi Power Station Plant performance data from Medupi power station Constant plant output during hybrid CSP operation (reduced coal consumption = > reduced greenhouse gases) DNI from MESoR project; annual solar radiation for Medupi: 2527 kwh/m² Simulation tool Ebsilon including special models for Fresnel and Parabolic Trough collectors 16
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Basic assumptions Ebsilon Models for CSP technology Fresnel collector model M M 1 / 23 23 / 23 Fresnel collector representative for 1 row Parabolic through collector model thermo oil cycle M 1 / 72 72 / 72 parabolic trough collectors arranged U-type 17
Net electric efficiency considering coal only [%] Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Net electric efficiency considering coal only 41.2 41.0 41.0 41.0 40.9 40.9 Parabol Bypass Parabol, HP heater bypass 40.8 40.6 40.4 40.2 40.0 40.30 Parabol ZÜ- Einspeisung Parabol, RH steam Fresnel Bypass Fresnel, HP heater bypass Fresnel ZÜ- Einspeisung heater Fresnel, RH steam + HP Ohne Solar PP as designed 39.8 1 18
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Land demand and collector area 0.8 0.7 Gross area 0,680 Area [km²] 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 Net area 0,222 Net area 0,248 Gross area 0,455 0 Parabolic trough Fresnel collector 19
Medupi and its potential for hybrid CSP Hitachi at a glance Medupi & Kusile Steam Generator Design Case Study Medupi hybrid CSP Conclusion List of open points 20
Case Study: Medupi Solar Argumentation Results / Conclusion Steam Generator Steam Generator load during hybrid operation is depending on the scenario between 87.0 90.5 % BMCR Compensation of different steam generator water/steam conditions via air ratio Maximum coal reduction ca. 7.5 % (annual average 1.5 1.6 %), which is between 44,250 and 48,130 to => annual CO 2 reduction 74,600 81,200 to Overall plant Fresnel technology for HP heater bypass economically the most viable option (CO 2 abatement cost: 68 /to CO 2 Fresnel versus 156 /to CO 2 Parabolic Trough Required area 0.25 km² (net) or 0.45 km² (brutto) for Fresnel 21
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