Gasification/combined-cycle power generation: environmental assessment of alternative systems

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5358830· OSTI ID:5358830

This report provides a basis for the comparative assessment of the potential performance capability, technological development, and economic and environmental impact associated with the operation of integrated low-Btu coal-gasification/combined-cycle power systems. Characterization of the integrated power system in terms of fuel processing, power production, and auxiliary systems is followed up with comparisons of alternative integrated-plant-design/fuel combinations with reference to the conventional coal-fired power plant, taking into account both economic and environmental factors. The report includes an assessment of the effects of recent regulatory changes on the prospects for integrated power systems and establishes a timetable for the probable commercial development of such systems by the utilities.

• Research Organization: United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5358830
• Report Number(s): ANL/ECT-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
010900* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200102 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Power Cycles
200200 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Waste Management
BEAVON PROCESS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLAUS PROCESS
COAL GASIFICATION
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONCENTRATORS
COST
CYCLONE SEPARATORS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DESIGN
DESULFURIZATION
DIAGRAMS
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EQUIPMENT
FILTERS
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS TURBINES
GASES
GASIFICATION
GRAPHS
HEAT RECOVERY
HOT GAS CLEANUP
INERTIAL SEPARATORS
INFORMATION
LOW BTU GAS
LURGI PROCESS
MACHINERY
NUMERICAL DATA
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PURIFICATION
RECOVERY
SELEXOL PROCESS
STEAM TURBINES
STRETFORD PROCESS
TABLES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
U-GAS PROCESS