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Post-combustion capture, driven by real renewable generation

A solar PV array and a wind turbine each compute their own electrical output from cited physical models, a calculator block genuinely sums and drives an electrolyzer's power draw, and the resulting green hydrogen reacts captured CO2 to synthetic natural gas.

PVWatts solar power model, cited temperature derateBetz-limited actuator-disk wind power curveA calculator block genuinely drives the electrolyzer from both sources' computed outputSabatier methanation on the resulting green H2
Solar PV array
Wind turbine
Water feed
PEM electrolyzer
Captured CO2 (amine loop)
Mixer
Sabatier reactor
Synthetic natural gas

The actual dark-mode canvas: a solar array and a wind turbine feed a calculator block that sums their computed power into the electrolyzer, whose hydrogen output reacts a captured-CO2 stream to synthetic natural gas.

The renewable generation is simulated, not typed in

Solar and wind power come from cited physical models (PVWatts; a Betz-limited actuator-disk curve) evaluated at a real operating point, and a calculator block re-converges the flowsheet until the electrolyzer's draw is self-consistent with what the array and turbine actually produce.

Pdc=PratedGGstc[1+γ(TcellTstc)](PVWatts solar array)P_{dc} = P_{rated}\,\frac{G}{G_{stc}}\bigl[1+\gamma(T_{cell}-T_{stc})\bigr] \quad \text{(PVWatts solar array)}
P(v)=min ⁣(12ρACpv3,  Prated)(Betz-limited wind power curve)P(v) = \min\!\left(\tfrac12\rho A C_p v^3,\;P_{rated}\right) \quad \text{(Betz-limited wind power curve)}
nH2=(Psolar+Pwind)ηΔHsplit,CO2+4H2CH4+2H2O(electrolysis + Sabatier)n_{H_2} = \frac{(P_{solar}+P_{wind})\,\eta}{\Delta H_{split}}, \qquad \mathrm{CO_2 + 4H_2 \rightleftharpoons CH_4 + 2H_2O} \quad \text{(electrolysis + Sabatier)}

Unit ops shipped for this vertical

Solar PV array

PVWatts-model DC power from plane-of-array irradiance and cell temperature — a real source, not a typed-in number.

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Wind turbine

Actuator-disk power curve (cubic in wind speed, Betz-limited), staged cut-in/rated/cut-out.

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PEM electrolyzer

Water electrolysis at a specified electrical power and stack efficiency — H2O to H2 + 1/2 O2.

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Mixer

Combines multiple streams into one, closing the mass and energy balance.

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Fixed-conversion reactor

A specified per-pass conversion on a key component — the shortcut counterpart to the equilibrium and kinetic reactors.

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Live plant integration

Stream live irradiance, wind speed and electrolyzer stack current from your site's OPC-UA gateway into this flowsheet's twin comparison — the simulated power output is checked against the real array in real time.

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Try it yourself

  • PVWatts solar power model with a cited temperature derate
  • Betz-limited actuator-disk wind power curve
  • A calculator block re-converges the electrolyzer's power from both sources' own physics

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