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Chemical-Looping Combustion and Gasification of Coals and Oxygen Carrier Development: A Brief Review

Journal Article · · Energies
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en81010605· OSTI ID:1400240
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  1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
  2. AECOM, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  3. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
Chemical-looping technology is one of the promising CO2 capture technologies. It generates a CO2 enriched flue gas, which will greatly benefit CO2 capture, utilization or sequestration. Both chemical-looping combustion (CLC) and chemical-looping gasification (CLG) have the potential to be used to generate power, chemicals, and liquid fuels. Chemical-looping is an oxygen transporting process using oxygen carriers. Recently, attention has focused on solid fuels such as coal. Coal chemical-looping reactions are more complicated than gaseous fuels due to coal properties (like mineral matter) and the complex reaction pathways involving solid fuels. The mineral matter/ash and sulfur in coal may affect the activity of oxygen carriers. Oxygen carriers are the key issue in chemical-looping processes. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has been widely used for the development of oxygen carriers (e.g., oxide reactivity). Two proposed processes for the CLC of solid fuels are in-situ Gasification Chemical-Looping Combustion (iG-CLC) and Chemical-Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU). The objectives of this review are to discuss various chemical-looping processes with coal, summarize TGA applications in oxygen carrier development, and outline the major challenges associated with coal chemical-looping in iG-CLC and CLOU.
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States). In-house Research
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1400240
Report Number(s):
NETL-PUB--20103; PII: en81010605
Journal Information:
Energies, Journal Name: Energies Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 8; ISSN 1996-1073; ISSN ENERGA
Publisher:
MDPI AGCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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