Site-specific assessment of a 150-MW coal gasification fuel cell power plant. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5344159

Brown, J; Murphy, A; Pietrogrande, P; Tien, J

This report presents detailed conceptual design, performance, and cost data for a fully integrated 150-MW coal gasification fuel cell power plant for electric utility application. The plant was designed to meet the site-specific requirements at Southern California Edison Company's Cool Water Generating Station; however, the configuration development is generic and can be used in other utility applications. The basic power plant system design consists of commercial low-Btu fixed-bed air-blown coal gasifiers; gas-cooling, cleanup, and processing systems; a sulfur removal system; and near-commercial phosphoric acid fuel cell power sections. Performance, total cost, and an economic assessment of the 150-MW coal gasification fuel cell power plant were developed. The overall system heat rate is 11,100 Btu/kWh (9600 Btu/kWh if thermal credit is taken for the coal fines and by-product tars and oils). The total erected capital cost, including startup and contingency, is $1600/kW (constant 1983 dollar); the calculated levelized busbar cost is 69 mills/kWh. The plant can be constructed within a 3 to 4 year period, has been designed to meet all California emission requirements applicable to the Cool Water site, and is well suited for either baseload or cycling duty utility applications.

• Research Organization: Kinetics Technology International Corp., Monrovia, CA (USA). Research and Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 5344159
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EM-3162; ON: DE84920186
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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