KILnGAS demonstration program design, construction and planning for operation

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6661879

Womeldorff, P J; Petersen, G T

This paper examines a system for converting coal into gas which uses a pressurized ported rotary kiln as the reactor. The primary applications for the low-Btu gas (LBG) produced by the KILnGAS system will be as boiler or combustion turbine fuel. The KILnGAS Commercial Module (KCM) has a coal input of 600 tons per day and will generate 410 million Btu per hour of LBG for firing the boiler of Unit No. 3 of the Wood River Station. Topics considered include KCM engineering and construction, the demonstration program design, near-term operational plans, and future plans. The principal objective of the KCM is to demonstrate the performance of a KILnGAS system in a utility environment. The demonstration program requirements included sufficient scale to support extrapolation to future larger units, high-sulfur-coal feed, meeting gas cleanup to gas turbines fuel specifications, and a design for flexible future operations.

• Research Organization: Illinois Power Co., Decatur, IL
• OSTI ID: 6661879
• Report Number(s): CONF-830446-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 45
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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