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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2014.52.6.796

Basic Economic Analysis for Co-production Process of DME and Electricity using Syngas Obtained by Coal Gasification  

Yoo, Young Don (Plant Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Kim, Su Hyun (Plant Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Cho, Wonjun (Korea Gas Corporation R&D, Resources Technology Research Center)
Mo, Yonggi (Korea Gas Corporation R&D, Resources Technology Research Center)
Song, Taekyong (Korea Gas Corporation R&D, Resources Technology Research Center)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.52, no.6, 2014 , pp. 796-806 More about this Journal
Abstract
The key for the commercial deployment of IGCC power plants or chemical (methanol, dimethyl ether, etc.) production plants based on coal gasification is their economic advantage over plants producing electricity or chemicals from crude oil or natural gas. The better economy of coal gasification based plants can be obtained by co-production of electricity and chemicals. In this study, we carried out the economic feasibility analysis on the process of co-producing electricity and DME (dimethyl ether) using coal gasification. The plant's capacity was 250 MW electric and DME production of 300,000 ton per year. Assuming that the sales price of DME is 500,000 won/ton, the production cost of electricity is in the range of 33~58% of 150.69 won/kwh which is the average of SMP (system marginal price) in 2013, Korea. At present, the sales price of DME in China is approximately 900,000 won/ton. Therefore, there are more potential for lowering the price of co-produced electricity when comparing that from IGCC only. Since the co-production system can not only use the coal gasifier and the gas purification process as a common facility but also can control production rates of electricity and DME depending on the market demand, the production cost of electricity and DME can be significantly reduced compared to the process of producing electricity or DME separately.
Keywords
Gasification; Co-production; Poly Generation; Electricity; Di-methyl Ether;
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