Hot Gas Cleanup Test Facility for Gasification and Pressurized Combustion

Conference · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10103629

Sears, R E; Griswold, G H; Fankhanel, M O; Kastner, C E; Pontium, D H

Efficiencies in advanced power generation systems such as integrated gasification combined cycle, pressurized fluidized bed combustion and integrated gasification fuel cells can be maximized by feeding hot fuel gas or flue gas to the power block. However, advanced gas turbines have strict particulate requirements to minimize wear on the blades due to the close tolerances used to maximize the efficiency of the turbomachinery. Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells also have strict particulate requirements to prevent blinding of the electrodes. Therefore, one of the main barriers to developing these advanced power generation systems is the removal of particulates in a hot gas stream. Although the development of several high temperature/pressure PCD systems has been ongoing for the past several years, long term operation under realistic conditions for advanced power generation has been limited. The demonstration of reliable operation is critical to the commercialization of PCD technology for advanced power generation. The conceptual design of the Hot Gas Cleanup Test Facility Project was expanded to include additional modules to better address the scope of the Cooperative Agreement with the DOE/METC. The expanded test facility, referred to as the Power Systems Development Facility, will provide a flexible test location in which the development of advanced power system components, the evaluation of advanced turbine and fuel cell configurations, and the integration and control issues of these systems. The facility is intended to provide direct support for upcoming DOE demonstrations of power generation technologies utilizing hot stream cleanup and will provide a resource for rigorous testing and performance assessment of hot stream cleanup devices now being developed with the support of DOE/METC.

• Research Organization: Southern Co. Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-90MC25140
• OSTI ID: 10103629
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/25140--93/C0131; CONF-920951--40; ON: DE93003205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
COAL GASIFICATION
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
HOT GAS CLEANUP
MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS
NOXIOUS GAS AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
PURIFICATION AND UPGRADING
TEST FACILITIES