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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Alstom Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Xinsheng Lou, West Hartford, CT (US);
Shizhong Yang, Bloomfield, CT (US);
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD., Baden, CH;
Abstract
An electricity production system configured to operate in accordance with a method of operating an electricity production system that at least includes the steps of: determining an oxygen distribution between oxygen gas to be separated by an air separation unit ('ASU') and oxygen gas stored in a storage tank of the ASU to be fed to the boiler unit, determining a carbon capture value for a gas processing unit, determining a power consumption value for the gas processing unit and the ASU, determining a total power demand value based on the power consumption value of the gas processing unit and the ASU, and on a determined electricity demand, and controlling the boiler unit, the turbine, the ASU, and the gas processing unit based on the determined total power demand along with correcting signals generated from a coordinated Model Predictive Control.