A novel
coal-based polygeneration system with CO2 recycling
for CO2 capture is proposed. Two CO2 recycling
schemes exist in this system. In the first, CO2 is recycled
into the gasifier as the gasifying agent. In the second, CO2 is recycled into the gas turbine as a diluent. Compared with conventional
CCS systems, this new system avoids the use of water gas shift and
CO2 separation processes to capture CO2, and,
more importantly, a part of CO2 can be converted into CO
in coal gasification and be used to synthesize chemicals, improving
carbon element utilization and chemical output. By means of exergy
analysis, comparison with four conventional single production systems
shows that the proposed system provides more than 11% in energy savings
and more than 25% in capital investment saving. The exergy efficiency,
CO2 emission, and internal rate of return may be expected
to reach 46.3%, 0.47 t·(t-coal)−1 and 14.76%, respectively.