Preparing advanced coal-based power systems for the 21st century at the Power Systems Development Facility in Wilsonville, Alabama

Conference · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:20012919

Longanbach, J R

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has been developing advanced power systems which will have higher efficiencies, lower capital costs, and lower emissions. The most promising of these have been the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) and pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) systems. Testing and development of new components and integrated IGCC and PFBC systems under long-term, realistic conditions is critical to the future commercialization of cleaner, more efficient, coal-fired power generating systems. In 1992, it was decided that a large pilot scale facility was needed to advance these systems from bench and small pilot-scale testing to demonstration and first commercial facilities. A planned project to test a particulate control device (PCD) using the M.W.Kellogg transport reactor technology to produce particulate-laden gases under gasification or combustion conditions was modified by adding a PFBC system, three more PCDs, and a fuel cell to create the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF). Combining test facilities for these technologies at a single site is expected to save more than $32 million compared with the cost of building stand-alone facilities. The purpose of the PSDF project is to test and gain operating experience with new process configurations and critical components for advanced coal-based power generating systems at a scale large enough to provide data for scaleup to demonstration or first commercial plants. This paper describes the facility and results from first tests.

• Research Organization: Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV (US)
• OSTI ID: 20012919
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ALABAMA
COAL GASIFICATION
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DESIGN
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FUEL CELLS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
TEST FACILITIES