Development of Advanced Ultra-Supercritical (AUSC) Pulverized Coal (PC) Plants
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Deloitte, New York, NY (United States)
- Leidos, Inc., Reston, VA (United States)
- KeyLogic Systems, LLC, Morgantown, WV (United States)
This report presents an independent assessment of pulverized coal (PC) power plants operating at advanced ultrasupercritical (AUSC) steam conditions. At AUSC conditions, PC plants generate electricity at higher efficiencies and with lower carbon footprints than PC plants operating at subcritical, supercritical (SC), and ultrasupercritical (USC) steam conditions, such as those examined in previous National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) reports. However, advanced materials are required for commercial operation under these AUSC steam conditions which impact plant economics. In 2001, the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) with the Ohio Coal Development Office launched a research program carried out by a consortium of industry and research organizations (the AUSC Consortium) to develop the materials necessary to commercially demonstrate AUSC technology. The results contained in this report incorporate findings by the AUSC Consortium.
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0025912
- OSTI ID:
- 1968039
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NETL-2020/2152
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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