Hydrogen Energy California (Final Scientific and Technical Report)
- Hydrogen Energy California, LLC, Buttonwillow, CA (United States)
Hydrogen Energy California ("HECA") is an Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) “polygeneration” project. The Project gasifies a 75 percent coal and 25 percent petroleum coke (petcoke) fuel blend to produce synthesis gas (syngas). Syngas produced via gasification is purified to hydrogen-rich fuel, which is used to generate low-carbon baseload electricity in a Combined Cycle Power Block, low-carbon nitrogen-based products in an integrated manufacturing Complex, and carbon dioxide (CO2) for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The power and products produced by HECA have a lower carbon footprint compared to power and products produced from more traditional fossil fuel facilities. This low-carbon footprint is achieved by capturing more than 90 percent of the CO2 in the production of the hydrogen fuel and transporting it for use in EOR, which results in simultaneous sequestration (storage) of the CO2 in a secure geologic formation in the adjacent Elk Hills Oil Field (EHOF), a hydrocarbon producing area. Highlights of HECA as conceived during the execution of FEED are as follows: The Project is designed to operate on a fuel blend consisting of 75 percent western subbituminous coal and 25 percent California petcoke based on thermal input to the gasifier on a higher heating value (HHV) basis; The feedstocks are gasified to produce syngas that is further processed and cleaned to produce hydrogen-rich fuel; More than 90 percent of the carbon in the raw syngas is captured in a high-purity CO2 stream during steady-state operation; High purity CO2 is compressed and transported by pipeline to the EHOF for injection into deep underground hydrocarbon reservoirs for CO2 EOR; The Combined Cycle Power Block produces over 420 megawatts (MW) of gross power, which yields during periods of maximum power production over 270 MW of low-carbon baseload electricity to the grid; An integrated Manufacturing Complex produces approximately 1 million tons per year of low-carbon nitrogen-based products, including urea, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), and anhydrous ammonia, to be used in agricultural, transportation, and industrial applications.
- Research Organization:
- Hydrogen Energy California, LLC, Buttonwillow, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
- Contributing Organization:
- Fluor Enterprises; SCS Energy, LLC.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0000663
- OSTI ID:
- 1532480
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-HECA-00663
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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