Objective The aim of this project is to assess the feasibility and technical potential of novel power raising concepts for the "after-IGCC" generation with even further increased efficiency and minimum carbon dioxide emission. The objective of this project is to assess new power plant combined cycle schemes with coal fired pressurized fluidised bed combustor (PFBC) featuring an afterburner for maximum power raising efficiency.A two-pronged approach will be followed studying either short term solutions deploying existing gas turbine machinery only or longer term concepts using recycled flue gas/oxygen mixtures as oxidant in order to facilitate removal of carbon dioxide from the flue gas. The scope of work can be detailed into the following areas: - Technical conception of four increasingly advanced hybrid combined cycle process arrangements, including a careful check of feasibility and/or availability of plant components, modelling of the main process components and prediction of part load behaviour. - Technical assessment of these cycle arrangements comprising optimisation of the design configurations, evaluation of power raising efficiency, of the coal/natural gas ratio required and of the savings in CO2 emissions that can be achieved with this technology. - Economic assessment of the cycles proposed providing an evaluation of the various costs involved and of the break even point for the electricity cost of the different schemes. - Evaluation of combustion behaviour in fluidised bed combustion of coals at substoichiometric conditions, e.g. ignition, carbon burn-out, fluidisation of the bed, sulphur capture effectiveness, formation of oxides of nitrogen. - Investigation of the burn-out of the produced gas, e.g. achievable temperatures, oxidant/lean gas mixing, CO and NOx emission levels. - Study of the influence of residual particulate loadings in the produced gas on the process, e.g. emissions of SO2, fouling, final gas clean-up options. - Pilot scale tests of coal combustion in oxygen/recycled flue gas mixtures in order to provide scale up information. - Identification of research and development work required for the realisation of the various technologies investigated in this project including gas processing, CO2 handling operations and material considerations. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0201 - Energy production from fossil sources using advanced technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Deutsche Montan Technologie - Gesellschaft für Forschung und Prüfung mbH (DMT) EU contribution No data Address Franz-Fischer-weg 61 45307 Essen Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 52056 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data CRE GROUP LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Common Road NG17 2NS NOTTINGHAM See on map Total cost No data Technische Universiteit Delft Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 4,Mekelweg 2628 CD Delft See on map Total cost No data Universita' degli Studi di Roma Tre Italy EU contribution No data Address Via C. Segre 2 00146 Roma See on map Total cost No data University of Surrey United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address GU2 5XH Guildford See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Trento Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Mesiano 77 38050 Povo di Trento See on map Total cost No data
