Evaluation of gasification and gas cleanup processes for use in molten carbonate fuel cell power plants. Final report. [Contains lists and evaluations of coal gasification and fuel gas desulfurization processes]

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6932128· OSTI ID:6932128

Jablonski, G; Hamm, J R; Alvin, M A; Wenglarz, R A; Patel, P

This report satisfies the requirements for DOE Contract AC21-81MC16220 to: List coal gasifiers and gas cleanup systems suitable for supplying fuel to molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) in industrial and utility power plants; extensively characterize those coal gas cleanup systems rejected by DOE's MCFC contractors for their power plant systems by virtue of the resources required for those systems to be commercially developed; develop an analytical model to predict MCFC tolerance for particulates on the anode (fuel gas) side of the MCFC; develop an analytical model to predict MCFC anode side tolerance for chemical species, including sulfides, halogens, and trace heavy metals; choose from the candidate gasifier/cleanup systems those most suitable for MCFC-based power plants; choose a reference wet cleanup system; provide parametric analyses of the coal gasifiers and gas cleanup systems when integrated into a power plant incorporating MCFC units with suitable gas expansion turbines, steam turbines, heat exchangers, and heat recovery steam generators, using the Westinghouse proprietary AHEAD computer model; provide efficiency, investment, cost of electricity, operability, and environmental effect rankings of the system; and provide a final report incorporating the results of all of the above tasks. Section 7 of this final report provides general conclusions.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Research and Development Center, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-81MC16220
• OSTI ID: 6932128
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/16220-1306; ON: DE83003821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Lignite
& Peat-- Purification & Upgrading
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300503 -- Fuel Cells-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
ADIP PROCESS
AGGLOMERATING ASH PROCESS
AI AQUEOUS CARBONATE PROCESS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKAZID PROCESS
AMINES
AMISOL PROCESS
AMOCO SULFUR RECOVERY PROCESS
ATGAS PROCESS
BABCOCK AND WILCOX-DUPONT PROCESS
BEAVON PROCESS
BENFIELD PROCESS
BGC-LURGI SLAGGING PROCESS
BI-GAS PROCESS
CALCIUM CARBONATES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE ACCEPTOR PROCESS
CARBON OXYSULFIDE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE MINERALS
CARBONATES
CATACARB PROCESS
CE ENTRAINED FUEL PROCESS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL STATE
CHIYODA THOROUGHBRED PROCESS
CITRATE PROCESS
CLAUS PROCESS
CLEANAIR PROCESS
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
DATA
DESULFURIZATION
DIAGRAMS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOLOMITE
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CELLS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
FW-STOIC PROCESS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
GIAMMARCO VETROCOKE SULFUR PROCESS
HEAT RECOVERY
HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS
HOT GAS CLEANUP
HTW PROCESS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
IFP PROCESS
IMPURITIES
INFORMATION
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
KELLOGG PROCESS
KILNGAS PROCESS
KOPPERS-TOTZEK PROCESS
LURGI PROCESS
LURGI SLAGGING PROCESS
MAGNESIUM CARBONATES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MERC PROCESS
MINERALS
MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS
MOLTEN SALT COAL GASIFICATION PROCESS
MOLTEN SALTS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTTO RUMMEL SLAG BATH PROCESS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PURIFICATION
PURISOL PROCESS
RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOVERY
RECTISOL PROCESS
REMOVAL
RILEY-MORGAN PROCESS
SAARBERG-OTTO GASIFICATION PROCESS
SALTS
SCOT PROCESS
SEABOARD PROCESS
SELEXOL PROCESS
SHELL-KOPPERS GASIFICATION PROCESS
SNG PROCESSES
SNPA-DEA PROCESS
SPECIFICATIONS
STRETFORD PROCESS
SULFIDES
SULFINOL PROCESS
SULFREEN PROCESS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SYNTHANE PROCESS
TAKAHAX PROCESS
TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOWNSEND PROCESS
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRI-GAS PROCESS
U-GAS PROCESS
VACUUM CARBONATE PROCESS
W-L SULFUR DIOXIDE RECOVERY PROCESS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WELLMAN-GALUSHA PROCESS
WELLMAN-INCANDESCENT PROCESS
WESTINGHOUSE GASIFICATION PROCESS
WILPUTTE PROCESS
WINKLER PROCESS
WOODALL-DUCKHAM PROCESS
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC OXIDES