Absorption energy costs

An obligatory component, which results from the energy cost of digestion, absorption and assimilation of the food. 

Two types of absorption chillers are commercially available single effect and multiple effect. Compared to single-effect chillers, multiple-effect absorption chillers cost more (higher capital cost) but are more energy efficient and are, thus, less expensive to operate (lower energy cost). The overall economic attractiveness of each chiller depends on many factors, including the cost of capital and the cost of energy. 

Energy costs are also lower for the spray dryer MgO process. The higher exit temperature of the flue gas from the spray dryer coupled with the cyclic reheat results in a substantially lower steam requirement. The electrical consumption is 25 lower because of the smaller pumps needed for the S02 absorption area. The diesel fuel cost is lower because of the smaller volume of material disposed of in the landfill. Raw material costs are lower because of the regenerable nature of the spray dryer MgO process. 

Adsorption processes have a number of competitors, including primarily distillation, extractive and azeotropic distillation, absorption, solvent extraction, and, more recently, membrane-besed processes. Vapur-liquid-hamd processes nad, in particular, distillation are especially formidable competitor because of their relatively simple flowsheets, Thus, if a separation can be performed easily by distillation, it will usually be tbe process of choice, based on relatively low capital costs and tolerable, if not low. enetgy costs. In addition, systems of distillation columns can oftentimes be energy integrated lo efleet lower energy costs per unit of feed processed than for siand-alone columns. 

In the low-pressure amine absorption system, a low stripper pressure is used to keep stripper reboiler duty as small as possible. In the high-pressure TEG absorption system, there is a smaller dependence of reboiler energy on pressure. A higher pressure in the stripper reduces the compression costs to raise the recovered carbon dioxide gas up to the required pipeline pressure for sequestration. Therefore, there is an optimum economic stripper pressure (ISOpsia) that balances compression costs with stripper reboder energy cost. The stripper distillate is cooled to 110 °F to minimize the amount of water in carbon dioxide gas product from the stripper reflux drum. Diameters of the columns are very large due to the enormous throughput. 

In the case of pre-combustion plants, the Hj-rich gas is produced after coal or natural gas conversion into H2/CO-rich syngas, and, subsequently, CO is shifted to H2 and CO2. The CO2 is separated in an absorption unit (chemical or physical process may be used). In this case, the energy cost associated with the steam consumption for the WGS and the lower cold gas efficiency of the processes are partly compensated by full steam cycle integration with all the units that are used in the plant [2]. 

An NGL plant was selected to analyze several distillation assisted heat pump processes when compared to conventional distillation. The depropanizer column which is the third column of the NGL plant was suitable for retrofitting by heat pump systems. This conventional process, along with top vapour recompression, bottom flashing and absorption heat pumps, were simulated using the Aspen Plus software, in order to determine economically the best alternative. Distillation with both top vapor recompression and bottom flashing heat pumps allows reduction of operation (energy) costs by 83.3% and 84%, respectively. This improves the economic potential (incorporating capital costs) by 53% and 54%, respectively. 

As more food is eaten, so there is an increased energy cost of digestion and absorption. 

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