Report to Congress: A study comparing the cost and performance of first and second generation integrated gasification combined cycle systems
A prior generic study had been conducted by the Department of Energy assessing second generation IGCC system configurations that achieve better economics and fuel conversion efficiency than first generation systems typified by the Cool Water IGCC demonstration project. Also, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) commissioned a site specific study to evaluate the technical feasibility and economic competitiveness of first generation IGCC systems from an end user perspective. The EPRI study is being conducted by Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS) and the site targeted for investigation was Georgia Power Company's Plant Wansley located near Atlanta, Georgia. This study contains a review of prior studies and the status of the SCS study. To assure direct comparability between first and second generation cost and performance results, this site specific study will be conducted using the same site and the same assessment methodology as was used in a previous site specific study of a first generation system conducted by SCS for EPRI. The first generation system used in this previous study included an oxygen-blown fluidized bed gasifier, cold gas cleanup and conventional gas and steam turbines. Seven second generation systems employing the advanced technology listed above will be assessed for the effects of changes in plant size, gasification configuration, turbine configuration and desulfurization configuration on plant performance and economics. This study will also include a comparison of performance and economics with a conventional pulverized coal-fired power plant with flue gas desulfurization. 5 figs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 6420084
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/FE-0124; ON: DE89008953
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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