Advanced coal fueled gas turbine system definition: Topical report
The coal-fired gas turbine system definition and economic assessments are based on the Coal Burning Locomotive Study previously conducted by the GE Transportation Systems Business Operations with Burlington Northern and Norfolk Southern railroad sponsorship, and later with additional funding from the United States Department of Energy. The objectives of that study were to validate the feasibility of locomotive designs using coal as a fuel substitute for diesel oil. The objective of this report is to provide a preliminary definition of a coal fueled gas turbine locomotive system and a preliminary assessment of the system technical merits and economic boundaries. The system definition will be used to guide the technology development efforts in the Advanced Coal Fueled Gas Turbine System Program. The overall program objective is to develop the technological basis necessary for subsequent commercial development of direct coal fueled gas turbine power systems. The system definition will be updated as the technological bases mature through program component development and integrated system testing.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-86MC23168
- OSTI ID:
- 6731392
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/23168-2541; ON: DE88001038
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AVAILABILITY
CAPITALIZED COST
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL PREPARATION
COAL-FIRED GAS TURBINES
COMBUSTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DATA
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
DISPERSIONS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FINANCIAL DATA
FLUIDIZED BEDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUELS
GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS
GAS TURBINES
GASIFICATION
HEAT ENGINES
INFORMATION
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LAND TRANSPORT
LOCOMOTIVES
MACHINERY
MAINTENANCE
MANUFACTURERS
MARKETING
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER PLANTS
RAIL TRANSPORT
RELIABILITY
REMOVAL
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SLURRIES
SORPTION
STEAM
STEAM TURBINES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SUSPENSIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRAINS
TRANSPORT
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
VEHICLES