Objective
Objectives
The aims of the project are:
- To establish component development and design criteria for coal/biomass/waste systems.
- To support the component development programme through studies of the associated environmental issues.
- To establish the techno-economic optimum configurations for IGCC plants for a range of coal/biomass/waste mixtures, leading to a strategic evaluation with competing clean coal technologies.
Technical Approach
An engineering evaluation of multi-fuel feeding systems will be undertaken by Carbona. There will be test work on various industrial scale test units to evaluate the operational stability and performance of fluidized bed gasifiers for various co-feedstocks (Carbona, VTT, TU Delft). The impact of such operations on gas quality, particularly pollutants and contaminants, and the effect on downstream components will also be investigated (VTT, CTDD, Schumacher). The subsequent impact of such fuel gas on gas turbine combustor performance will be evaluated, with emphasis on design issues and materials selection (Nuovo Pignone). The supporting and environmental studies will include laboratory scale investigations of synergetic effects in co-gasification, the minimization of NOx precursor formation and trace elements characterization (TPS, KTH, Imperial College, CRE Group). These practical studies will be underpinned by a determination of the techno-economic optimum configuration of IGCC plant for various coal/biomass/waste mixtures (Univ. Ulster). This will be followed by a strategic evaluation of competing clean coal technologies drawing on data from a range of projects within this and earlier phases of the JOULE programme (Univ. Ulster).
Expected Achievements and Exploitation
The outputs of the project are:
- Techno-engineering optimization of coal/biomass/waste feeding systems. - Process design data and operational specifications for various coal/biomass/waste mixtures.
- Preliminary risk assessment on downstream component degradation. - Preliminary design of the gas turbine combustor gas arising from cofeedstock utilization.
- Techno-economic assessment of IGCC systems.
- Comparative assessment on a common basis of the competitiveness of IGCC with alternative clean coal technologies.
The programme will aid industrial partners to support their technology demonstration and exploitation plans and to build up the various technology data bases. There will also be the opportunity for establishing technology transfer initiatives, including training and information exchange.
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GL52 4RZ Cheltenham
United Kingdom
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