The ``Real World'' of gasification: Database of worldwide facilities and market drivers

Conference · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20082205

Simbeck, D

Few coal experts fully appreciate the extensive ``real world'' commercial experience and success of gasification. Many only associate gasification with coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) for electric power generation. Many view IGCC as an advanced technology that is not commercial and not competitive with traditional coal-fired central power plants. However, gasification is commercially used without subsidies for manufacture of syngas (H{sub 2} and CO) for chemicals and fuels. Furthermore, the new growth area for gasification is industrial polygeneration (syngas + cogen steam and power) with ``opportunity fuels'' such as residual oil and petroleum coke. The objectives of this project were to collect, organize and maintain facility-specific information necessary to illustrate, characterize and enumerate the worldwide gasification industry; and to conduct an analysis of the public policy, market, and technical drivers and trends that will affect the degree and pace of increasing use of gasification technologies on a worldwide basis. The paper presents some of the data and the results of the analysis.

• Research Organization: SFA Pacific, Inc., Mountain View , CA (US)
• OSTI ID: 20082205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
COAL GASIFICATION
COGENERATION
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
COMPILED DATA
COPROCESSING
MARKET
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SYNTHESIS GAS