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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURIZED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED PARTIAL GASIFICATION MODULE (PGM)

Abstract

Foster Wheeler Power Group, Inc. is working under US Department of Energy contract No. DE-FC26-00NT40972 to develop a partial gasification module (PGM) that represents a critical element of several potential coal-fired Vision 21 plants. When utilized for electrical power generation, these plants will operate with efficiencies greater than 60% and produce near zero emissions of traditional stack gas pollutants. The new process partially gasifies coal at elevated pressure producing a coal-derived syngas and a char residue. The syngas can be used to fuel the most advanced power producing equipment such as solid oxide fuel cells or gas turbines, or processed to produce clean liquid fuels or chemicals for industrial users. The char residue is not wasted; it can also be used to generate electricity by fueling boilers that drive the most advanced ultra-supercritical pressure steam turbines. The amount of syngas and char produced by the PGM can be tailored to fit the production objectives of the overall plant, i.e., power generation, clean liquid fuel production, chemicals production, etc. Hence, PGM is a robust building bock that offers all the advantages of coal gasification but in a more user-friendly form; it is also fuel flexible in that it can use alternativemore » fuels such as biomass, sewerage sludge, etc. This report describes the work performed during the July 1--September 30, 2003 time period.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Foster Wheeler Development Corporation (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
(US)
OSTI Identifier:
825295
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-00NT40972
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 29 Oct 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; BIOMASS; BOILERS; CHARS; CIRCULATING SYSTEMS; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS TURBINES; GASIFICATION; LIQUID FUELS; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTION; RESIDUES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; STEAM TURBINES

Citation Formats

Robertson, Archie. DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURIZED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED PARTIAL GASIFICATION MODULE (PGM). United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.2172/825295.
Robertson, Archie. DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURIZED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED PARTIAL GASIFICATION MODULE (PGM). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/825295
Robertson, Archie. 2003. "DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURIZED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED PARTIAL GASIFICATION MODULE (PGM)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/825295. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/825295.
@article{osti_825295,
title = {DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURIZED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED PARTIAL GASIFICATION MODULE (PGM)},
author = {Robertson, Archie},
abstractNote = {Foster Wheeler Power Group, Inc. is working under US Department of Energy contract No. DE-FC26-00NT40972 to develop a partial gasification module (PGM) that represents a critical element of several potential coal-fired Vision 21 plants. When utilized for electrical power generation, these plants will operate with efficiencies greater than 60% and produce near zero emissions of traditional stack gas pollutants. The new process partially gasifies coal at elevated pressure producing a coal-derived syngas and a char residue. The syngas can be used to fuel the most advanced power producing equipment such as solid oxide fuel cells or gas turbines, or processed to produce clean liquid fuels or chemicals for industrial users. The char residue is not wasted; it can also be used to generate electricity by fueling boilers that drive the most advanced ultra-supercritical pressure steam turbines. The amount of syngas and char produced by the PGM can be tailored to fit the production objectives of the overall plant, i.e., power generation, clean liquid fuel production, chemicals production, etc. Hence, PGM is a robust building bock that offers all the advantages of coal gasification but in a more user-friendly form; it is also fuel flexible in that it can use alternative fuels such as biomass, sewerage sludge, etc. This report describes the work performed during the July 1--September 30, 2003 time period.},
doi = {10.2172/825295},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/825295}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 EST 2003}
}