About IGCC Power Plants

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants are believed to be the type of power plants that will predominately be used to add to our electrical power supply, replace our aging coal power plants and out increasingly expensive natural gas power plants. (Wabash River, IN IGCC plant shown above) The process offers options to eliminate greenhouse gases, produce hydrogen and/or produce liquid fuels.

The process used by IGCC plants can be broken down into five broad steps:

1. the coal is gasified to produce a synthetic gas (syngas)
2. the pollutants are removed from the syngas, then electricity is generated using a combined cycle, consisting of the following three steps:
3. a gas turbine-generator burns the syngas
4. heat from the gasification and the exhaust heat from the gas turbine are used to create steam
5. the steam is used to power a steam turbine-generator.

The potential for carbon dioxide sequestration makes IGCC technology even more appealing and environmentally responsible.  If desired hydrogen can be separated from the syngas stream.  A more complex, but even more economical option is to generate Fischer-Tropsch liquid fuels from a portion of the syngas. 

The following are the characteristics of an IGCC plant:

• SOx, NOx and particulate emissions are much lower in IGCC plants than from a modern coal plant. Its VOC emissions and mercury emissions are comparable.
• IGCC plants emit approximately 20% less CO2 emissions than a modern coal plant.
• IGCC plants use 20-40% less water than a modern coal plant.
• IGCC plants operate at higher efficiencies than conventional coal fired power plants thus requiring less fuel and producing less emissions.  Current efficiency is 42% with efficiencies as high as 60% expected in the very near future using a high efficiency turbines and some other process improvements.
• Costs for electricity, without CO2 capture, is about 20% higher than in a modern coal plant.  Electricity costs are 40% lower than from a natural gas IGCC plant with natural gas at $6.50 per MMbtu.
• CO2 can be captured from an IGCC plant much more easily that from a conventional coal plant at an an additional cost increase of 25-30% for capture and sequestration, without transportation charges.
• IGCC offers the possibility to capture the hydrogen that is part of the syngas stream, in an economic manner.

PROCESS

A simplified flow diagram (courtesy Energy Northwest) for an IGCC process is shown below:

Coal and/or petroleum coke is pulverized and fed into the gasifier along with oxygen that is produced in an on site air separation unit.  The combination of heat, pressure, and steam breaks down the feedstock and creates chemical reactions that produce hydrogen (H2) carbon monoxide (CO) and synthesis gas, or syngas.  Feedstock minerals become an inert, glassy slag product used in road beds, landfill cover, and other applications.

The syngas is cooled producing syngas and high pressure steam.  Sulfur and mercury are removed from the syngas.  Elemental sulfur is recovered as a marketable commodity.  CO2 is removed either as vent gas or captured for sequestration.  If hydrogen is to be recovered it is also separated and recovered at this point.  The syngas then goes to the gas turbine where it is burned to drive the turbine and generate power. The nitrogen, from the air separation unit, is expanded through the turbine to increase power production and reduce NOx emissions. The steam from gasification is combined with steam produced in the gas turbine heat recovery unit and fed to the steam turbine-generator. 

GASIFICATION

Gasification technology can be divided into three types:

1) Moving Bed Gasifiers (dry ash) 2)Fluidized Bed Gasifiers and 3)Entrained Bed Gasifiers

In a presentation by EPRI, single stage entrained gasifiers (Shell/Prenflo, E-gas, GE (formerly Texaco), KBR, Mitsubishi, Noell/GSP, Eagle, Boeing Rocketdyne, etc) were found to have the best features.

• At high operating pressures and in the quench mode they are best for high CO2 capture. 
• They are the least expensive way of putting in the moisture needed for the Shift reaction.
• They produce the least CH4 and are best for producing syngas for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. 
• They use dry coal feed
• Cooled refractory liner extends refractory life. 
• Eliminates high maintenance carbon scrubber. 
• Continuous slag removal.

See EPRI presentation for more details.

CONTINUING R & D

DOE is continuing research on gasification projects in several areas aimed at reducing emissions, reducing capital cost and increasing process efficiency.

Turbines with higher efficiencies and operating temperatures are being developed.  When the Energy Department started its advanced turbine systems program in the early 1990s, the best turbines available had efficiencies of only 50 percent. Today, efficient systems typically operate in the 57- to 58-percent efficiency range. The efficiency is important because each percentage point gain can mean as much as $20 million in reduced operating costs over the life of a typical gas-fired combined-cycle plant.  Turbines with efficiencies as high as 60% operating at 2600 F have been developed and tested in natural gas combined cycle applications.  The Mesaba IGCC project hopes to use a 60% efficiency turbines in its plant.  Both GE and Siemans Westinghouse are participating in this program.

The Energy Department is working with its private sector partners to develop a new, potentially low-cost configuration for a future gasifier. Called the "transport reactor," the gasifier is an advanced circulating fluidized-bed reactor.

Production of oxygen with cyrogenic air separation plants adds a considerable parasitic load to the process.  A much lower cost alternative being explored is to use new innovations in ceramic membranes to separate oxygen from the air at elevated temperatures.

An especially important goal of the Energy Department's coal gasification program is to develop inexpensive membranes that can selectively remove hydrogen from syngas so that it can be used as a fuel for future fuel cells or refineries, or perhaps one day as a substitute for gasoline in a hydrogen-powered automobile.

Future concepts that incorporate a fuel cell or fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid could achieve  efficiencies nearly twice today's typical coal combustion plants.

SEQUESTRATION STATUS

The summer 2005 issue of Clean Coal Today, p8, has an article updating current sequestration methods being investigated in the US.  The following is a brief summary:

• The Weyburn enhanced oil recovery test being conducted in Saskatchewan, Canada is the longest running program, being started in 2001.  It is estimated that half the CO2 injected will remain sequestered.
• In the Frio, TX saline formation project 1,600 tons of CO2 was injected, in October of 2004 and various types of measuring tools are being evaluated as well as movement of the plume, which has stabilized much as predicted.
• Coalbed methane recovery has been combined with CO2 sequestration in some field projects.  In a seven year project with CONSOl Energy R&D in Marshall County WV, both methane recovery and sequestration in an unmineable coal seam are being investigated.  The project is currently in the pre-injection phase with over 26,000 tons of CO2 to be injected over a one year period.  Another similar project is being undertaken in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

According to a study by Foster Wheeler the cost of electricity from IGCC plants is increased 25%-30% to $.056 to $0.063 per kWh if sequestration of the CO2 is added.

COST

According to US Coal, American Energy Review 2005, Gasification plants come at a high price tag.  They have typically cost US$1.2m to US$1.6m per megawatt of capacity compared to US$1m per megawatt for a conventional coal plant and US$550,000 per megawatt for natural gas plants.  Not surprisingly, IGCC plants in the US have been constructed with financial support from the DOE.  High prices for natural gas have made natural gas plants unattractive and some are idle. DOE has several projects to decrease emissions, hopefully at lower costs.  Higher standards for emissions controls on new plants are shifting the tradeoffs towards IGCC because of its inherently lower emissions

DOE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

Kentucky Pioneer Energy, Trapp, KY  - 580 MWe (gross) Project to demonstrate and assess the reliability, availability, and maintainability of a utility-scale IGCC system using a high-sulfur bituminous coal and refuse derived fuel (RDF) blend in four British Gas Lurgi (BGL) oxygen-blown, fixed-bed, slagging gasifier. Projected efficiency of a commercial unit 42.5%.  Project started 12/94, projected completion 12/07.

Tampa Electric Company, Tampa, FL - . The objective of this plant was to demonstrate IGCC technology in a greenfield commercial electric utility application at the 250-MWe size using an entrained-flow, oxygen-blown Texaco gasifier with full heat recovery and conventional cold-gas cleanup.  A GE MS 7001FA advanced gas turbine, with nitrogen injection for power augmentation and NOx control, generates 192 MWe.  A steam turbine uses steam produced by cooling the syngas and superheated with the gas turbine exhaust gases in the heat recovery steam generator to produce an additional 123 MWe. The air separation unit consumes 55 MW and auxiliaries require 10 MW, resulting in 250 MWe net power to the grid.  Project started 11/91, project completed 12/02.

Pinion Pine IGCC Project, Reno, NV - 107 MWe (gross) To demonstrate air-blown, pressurized, fluidized-bed IGCC technology incorporating hot gas cleanup to evaluate a low-Btu gas combustion turbine; and to assess long-term reliability, availability, maintainability, and environmental performance at a scale sufficient to determine commercial potential.  Project started 8/92, project completed 10/01.

Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project, Terre Haute, IN - The 262 Mwe (net) project was to demonstrate utility repowering with a Destec, now ConocoPhillips E-Gas, two-stage, pressurized, oxygen-blown, entrained-flow IGCC system, including advancements in the technology relevant to the use of high-sulfur bituminous coal; and to assess long-term reliability, availability, and maintainability of the system at a fully commercial scale. The power block consists of a single 192-MWe General Electric MS7001FA (Frame 7FA) gas turbine, a Foster Wheeler single-drum heat-recovery steam generator with reheat, and a 1952 vintage Westinghouse reheat steam turbine.  Project started 7/92 completed 9/00

NON-US PLANTS

ISAB Energy IGCC plant, Priolo, Sicily (Italy) - The 512MW power plant was designed by Foster Wheeler who formed a consortium with Snamprogetti which won the contract in early 1996. The power units came into operation in the first half of 1999, shortly before the process units. Asphalt from a nearby refinery is used for feedstock. The plant uses two Texaco (now GE) quench type gasifers to convert asphalt to syngas. The combined cycle has two Siemens gas turbines, with two heat recovery steam generators and two condensing steam turbines. Two similar plants to the ISAB venture are located at Falconara Marittima (on the Italian Adriatic coast) and at Sarlux in Sardinia. The 548MWe Sarlux plant, with three gasifiers, started producing electricity in September 2000, is the worlds largest IGCC plant.

Elcogas IGCC Power Plant, Puertollano, Spain - The 335 MWe (ISO) demonstration plant has been designed to use a 50/50 mixture of high ash local coal and petroleum coke from a nearby refinery. Gasification is based upon the PRENFLO system, which is a PRessurized ENtrained-FLOw gasifier with dry feeding. The power block consists of a 200 MWe (ISO) Siemens model V94.3 gas turbine, a three-pressure level and IP steam reheating heat recovery steam generator, designed by Babcock, and able to additionally superheat the steam generated through raw gas cooling in the gasification and a two casing reheat steam turbine designed by Siemens that delivers roughly 135 MWe. The plant achieves a 47% efficiency.

The Nippon Oil Corporation Refinery 342 MWe plant went on line in mid 2003.  The worlds newest IGCC plant uses asphalt residue as feed.  It uses a Texaco (now GE) reheat cycle, triple pressure, vertical gas flow, natural circulating type gasifier and Mitsubishi Heavy industries gas and steam turbines.  The plant is located Negishi, Yokohama, Japan and started operation June, 30, 2003.

The William Alexander plant has been operating in Buggenum, Netherlands since 1994.  The plant has a capacity of 253 MWe using a shell gasifier and Siemans turbines.

PROPOSED PLANTS

Gilberton Coal-to-Clean Fuels and Power Project - This demonstration plant to be completed in 2009 - The objective of this project is to design, construct, and demonstrate the first clean coal power facility in the United States using coal waste gasification as the basis for clean power, thermal energy, and clean liquid fuels production.  The Gilberton plant will gasify the coal wastes (anthracite culm) to produce a synthesis gas of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.  Electric power and steam will be produced, and then a portion of the synthesis gas will be converted into synthetic hydrocarbon liquids via a catalytic chemical process known as FT synthesis.

Mesaba Energy Project - A 531 MWe demonstration plant, being developed by Excelsior Energy, the owner operator, and ConocoPhillips.  The plant will demonstrate significant performance, efficiency and emission improvements over previous IGCC plants. The plant will have three 50% (one spare) ConocoPhillips E-Gas gasifiers that will supply syngas to two combustion turbine-generators.  The waste heat from these turbines goes to two heat recovery boilers that create the steam for a single steam turbine-generator.

ConocoPhillips’ E-Gas Technology was selected because of the technology’s impressive performance in achieving across-the-board low emissions at Indiana’s Wabash River plant, and the company’s eight years of experience with gasification technology.  The project will demonstrate a full slurry quench (FSQ) two-stage gasification configuration that will increase overall plant thermal efficiency, as well as cold gas efficiency.  Full slurry quench will be achieved by increasing the coal slurry feed to the second stage of the gasifier to the point where only slurry will be used to quench the syngas, thereby eliminating the thermal loss associated with water used to cool the syngas in existing IGCC configurations.  Full slurry quench further improves efficiency by increasing the fuel feed to the second stage where no additional oxygen or combustion will be needed to add to syngas output.

The Mesaba Energy Project will be the first coal power plant in the United States to achieve greater than 90 percent mercury control.  Mesaba will demonstrate long-term (30-day rolling average) criteria pollutant emission rates for SOx, NOx, mercury and particulate matter that will redefine what is considered best available control technology for coal-fueled electric power generating plants.  Mesaba can also be retrofitted for carbon dioxide capture in the event that greenhouse gas emission reductions are imposed by future regulations. 

Mesaba will demonstrate a 5% increase in plant efficiency compared to first generation IGCC plants consuming similar fuel types.

The site has two rail lines and a dedicated port on Lake Superior, providing attractive fuel transportation options for the facility. The plant located in Hoyt lake, MN is scheduled to begin operation in 2010.

Southern/Orlando, Orlando Utilities Commission and Kellogg Brown will construct a 285 MW airblown KBR IGCC plant based on the transport gasifier at Orlando's Utilities Commission's Stanton Energy Center in Orange County, FL. The technology to be used is based on the transport gasifier that Southern Company, DOE and others have been developing at the Power Systems Development Facility near Wilsonville, Ala. The transport gasifier offers a simpler, more robust method for generating energy from coal than other available alternatives. It is unique among coal gasification technologies in that it is cost-effective when handling low rank coal, as well as coals with high moisture or high ash content. These coals make up half the proven U.S. and worldwide reserves. Total cost of the project is $557 million of which DOE will contribute $235 million.  Expected date for operation is early 2010.

Future Gen is an initiative to build the world's first coal based integrated sequestration and hydrogen production research power plant. The $1 billion dollar project is intended to create the world's first zero-emissions fossil fuel plant.  The 275 MW (net equivalent output) will produces both electricity and hydrogen as output and sequesters one milion metric tones of carbon dioxide per year.  The project will take at least ten years to complete.  To prove sequestration technology it must be tested and validated at a large scale and with real-world conditions.

In the private sector the following plants are in various stages of development:

• American Electric Power (AEP) has announced that it will build two 600 MW IGCC plants which they will need by 2010.  Bechtel and GE will to do a preliminary design.  The preliminary cost estimate is $1 billion.  Three sites are under consideration, but is believed that at least one of the plants will be located in West Virginia.
• Cinergy/PSI (being acquired by Duke Energy) announced on 9/22/05 that they plan to negotiate with the GE/Bechtel alliance to start the  preliminary engineering and design of a 600 MW IGCC plant.  Preliminary analysis has estimated the cost at $900 million.  Several sites are under consideration in Indiana with the targeted site being at PSI's 160 MW Edwardsport coal-fired generating station near Vincennes.
• Energy Northwest is pursuing permitting and possible construction of a 600 MW IGCC plant in western Washington. They have selected ConocoPhillips’ E-Gas Technology for use in the solid fuel gasification process.  The plant would consist of two 300 MW trains. Cost is expected to be between $900 and $950 million.  Site selection has been narrowed down to one site and negotiations for a lease are proceeding.  Construction could begin in 2006 with operation in 2011.
• Tondu Corporation is planning a 550 MW IGCC plat at Crossroads Power Plant In St Joseph County, IN. The proposed IGCC plants will use the same technology and design of the Shell Buggenum IGCC plant in the Netherlands.  Cost is estimated at $1 billion.

GE Energy has aligned with Bechtel, ConocoPhilips has aligned with Flour and Shell/Krupp Uhde has aligned with Black and Veatch to offer complete IGCC gasifier, turbine and engineering/construction packages.

Resources:

"A Program Plan for FutureGen", DOE Report to Congress, 03/04
American Energy Review 2005, US Coal
Elcogas IGCC power plant, Puertollano, Spain
Excelsior Energy website
"Field Tests Validate Geosequestration", Clean Coal Today newsletter, summer 2005
"CO2 capture in Coal-Based IGCC Plants" , IEA Greenhouse Gas R & D Program, Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA, 2004
"Gasification & IGCC - Design Issues & Opportunities and design issues", Neville Holt, EPRI, Presented at the GCEP Coal Workshop, Provo, Utah, March 15-16/05
"Getting to Clean Coal", Chemical and Engineering News, 2/23/04
"How to Clean Coal", onearth magazine, Fall 2005
IGCC, Energy Northwest website
ISAB Energy IGCC plant, Prioli, Italy
Kentucky Pioneer Energy LLC, Trapp KY
Mesaba Energy Project, DOE Project facts, 5/05
Pinion Pine IGCC Power Project, Reno, NV - Final Report
Sarlux IGCC power plant, Sarroc, Italy
Tampa Electric Company, Mulberry, FL -  Final Report
Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project, West Terre Haute, IN - Final Report

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Comments

[Harry Jaeger, Gasification Editor, Gas Turbine World Magazine]

Jim,

Great posting on IGCC. I attended the 2005 Gasification Technologies Conference in San Francisco last October. Great place for an update on what's going on.

All presentations at the conference are available at www.gasification.org We are publishing a highlights summary in our next issue. If interested in receiving Gas Turbine World, contact me at [email protected].

Harry Jaeger

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[Charles C. YANG, Ph.D.]

My company, Hudson Electek Co. is registered in Florida, and we work on China project for the IGCC multi-products, such as electric power, Methanol , city gas, thermal supply, chemical product. I would like to join your discuss, also hope to get your support. Would you mind to give some information on the price of IGCC plants?

[tom Smitty Smith]

Does anybody have good comparative data on jobs at an IGCC plant vs jobs at a SCPC plant both during construction and operation?

[Melissa Stratman]

My name is Melissa, and I was just posting a comment to see if I can get recent updates on IGCC. If yall have any job postings around the Rosenberg, or Houston TX area could you please email me at the address above and let me know. I would really appreciate that, thank you!!!

[amrulkareem]

great information.. im working on my final year project on this topic, but using RDF as the fuel... do u have any useful information regarding IGCC for RDF the working temperature in the combustor or the gas turbine?

[Rahul Shrivastava]

sir,
may u please send the material on the process by which we gassify the coal.i mean ,what is the process to gassify the coal.kindly also send the cyclic diagram of IGCC.
REGARDS....
RAHUL SHRIVASTAVA
+91-9990558358
NEW DELHI ,INDIA
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[Rahul Shrivastava]

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[Mark]

I understand NRG Energy will be building a igcc plant in tonawanda ny. Is this project still on or is NRG just talking big with no action
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[Haluk]

IGCC for Afsin Elbistan lignite Fields in Turkey

Dear Energy Professional, Dear Colleagues
On 31st October, 2007, we were in Afsin Elbistan coal mine and thermal power plant premises to participate "Clean Coal Technologies" for 3-day workshop, which was organized by Chambers of Mining, Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical Engineers of Turkey. The existing power plants (Groups A and B) are based on pulverized coal firing technology which need relatively higher calorific value plus less moisture. Indirect type Pulverized coal firing technique can be successful only if you lower the moisture content and hence with higher the calorific value. Available coal has a challenging content with very poor Low calorific value at about average 1150 kcal per kg, and 55% moisture, 20% ash, 1.5-4% sulphur. The thermal power plants, named A and B each had with 1400 MWe installed electric generating capacity at full load. There is another new tender for Units C&D. It is our sincere feeling that IGCC could be a good choice for the new units. IGCC (Integrated Gasification combined cycle) firing technology could be employed. Here in this technology you build a sort of refinery to generate "Synthetic gas" from poor lignite then you fire this synthetic gas in the combined cycle power plants similar to natural firing. Seems to be logical but we doubt if it is applicable for our lignite. It was successful in North Dakota as built by “General Electric” and funded by “USA Department of Energy”. Here in our country who will decide to move on and who will finance?? These researches are prepared and presented to decision-makers of Ministries. These are to be shared by the public in order to reach "Common Wisdom" and to be directed accordingly for the best interest of our country. Clean Coal Technologies Workshop in Elbistan will create a great opportunity for all interested local parties to enable them to learn from past mistakes, to investigate the possible/ applicable technologies, to investigate and assess the available intellectual capability of the local human resources. Thank you & best regards

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[Haluk Direskeneli]

Panel on "Clean Coal Technologies" in ODTU Alumni in Ankara

Dear Energy Professional, Dear Colleagues,

We had a meeting on Saturday afternoon 23rd February 2008 at the main conference room of "Chamber of Engineers" head office in Ankara Thessalonica Street. The meeting was held with participation of leading senior/ retired members of local energy business, former General Managers, former operation managers, senior researchers of various public enterprises, as well as senior local energy experts.

The subject was "Clean Coal Technologies" which is actually the code name for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle technology. IGCC is a new technology to answer global warming.

This new technology produces synthetic gas from coal. Synthetic gas has almost one fourth of the heating value of average natural gas.

IGCC technology is first innovated by Germans during WW2 to produce gas and/or liquid fuel for the fighting war vehicles in an environment with no petroleum resources, and further developed in South Africa during world embargo against their apartheid practices in their domestic politics.

Since the equivalent cost per barrel is/was around 50 US Dollars for the synthetic fuel, it was not feasible in the past to apply "clean coal technologies" since it had no chance of competition against low petroleum prices then. However the time has changed and petroleum now costs more than 100 US Dollars per barrel, therefore IGCC technology is now an attractive fuel option.

Our guest speaker, Dr Iskender Gokalp is a Turkish national scientist, Directeur in ICARE, Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement, UPR3021 du Centre National de Recherche Technologique, "Propulsion du Futur" in 1c, Av. de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France, http://www.cnrs-orleans.fr/icare/

He comes to Turkey, to his homeland, one week for each month to pursue and execute a project to grand PhD scholarships to young Turkish engineers/ scientists in France on coal utilization, combustion technologies, supported by Turkish Coal Board and European Union under current FB7 program.

He created many scientific publications, and also had great influence in international scientific circles. He recommends us to carry out more research on "Clean Coal Technologies" on local Turkish Lignite specifically on low heating value coal mines, to justify its application and competitiveness.

He advises that local lignite coal could be the best option for application of integrated gasification. Your humble writer sincerely feels that Dr.Iskender GOKALP has all reason to advise on application of "Clean Coal Technologies" in local lignite reserves.

It is also our sincere feeling that clean-coal technology is a must. Energy tops the agenda of all local winter meetings. Next-generation coal is going to need to continue to be part of our energy future for our country. It is abundant, it is locally available, in the sense that we control the supply.

Next-generation coal typically refers to capturing and somehow sequestering or storing the carbon that coal produces. It also envisions reducing or eliminating emissions as coal is burned. It is possible to continue relying on the fossil fuel while minimizing its impact on the environment.

We cannot ignore coal, we should find better ways to utilize local lignite coal. That is important because electricity demand will ever increase in the future.

We all know that Coal has a CO2 problem, Wind has a reliability problem, Solar has a price problem, Nuclear power plants have price, radiation and unsafe disposal problem, so all of those technologies have opportunities and they all have problems.

What we can say about coal, is that we have it locally. We have it in a greater supply.

Synthetic gas production could be a bid expensive but the rest of the system is well-known combined cycle power plant.

Prevailing overall market price is around 1200- 1500 US dollars per KW installed capacity for 600-1000 MWe power plant test sizes. By localizing the technology, we can substantially reduce that first installations cost.

On the other hand local low LHV lignite has current fuel cost less than 2 (two) US Dollars per million BTU gross, whereas imported coal cost is 6- 8 US Dollars gross, Natural gas cost is around 8-10 US Dollar, and imported LNG price in spot market is around 17-18 USD per million BTU.

Senior experts have an ideefixe for application of IGCC on high heating value bituminous coal or steam coal. On the other hand, Dr Gokalp says that IGCC has potential application on low heating value lignite. It is for sure that we do not know if IGCC is perfect match for our lignite. All we have to do is to allocate more funds for more research on local lignite.

We shall have a panel on "Clean Coal Technologies" in ODTU Alumni Association Visnelik premises in Ankara on 10th March 2008 Monday at 1900 hours.

Dr Iskender Gokalp will be one of four distinguished panelists. The other panelists are Prof Dr Bekir Zuhtu UYSAL, Director of Clean Energy Institute of Gazi University, Dr Selahaddin ANAÇ GM of Turkish Coal Board, and Mr. Orhan Baybars ME'79, former site construction manager of Afsin Elbistan-B thermal power plant.

Panel will be conducted in Turkish, and it is open for all interested parties. Entrance is free-of-charge. We have free coffee/ tea services. Please do participate if you would be in Ankara on that day. Your comments are always welcome.

Haluk Direskeneli
ODTU ME'1973 - Ankara MMO 6606

[SOUMITRA ROY]

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S.ROY.

[mehul roy]

please give me more information related to cost of IGCC plant,

both fixed and operating

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[Alsamaoa'al Almoustafa]

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This is Sam Almoustafa from Syria is we are going to prepare study to analyze the optimal electricity supply options for Syrian system and taking into consideration the environmental affairs. and we need some information about FGD system for high sulfur heavy fuel oil power plants , like cost(capital, O&M), efficiency, and how this technology affects the power plant efficiency.
thank you and best regards.
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[Phil Lees]

Thanks for a nice, straightforward post on IGCC.

I've tried using the link in the gasification section to view the EPRI presenation, but unfortunately seems to no longer work. I was surprised by some of the statements there.

The gasification section makes no mention of BGL gasifier. Basically a recent development on dry ash gasifiers, it has many of the positive features of entrained flow gasifiers such as dry coal feed, cooled refractory lining, and continuous removal of ash in the form of slag rather than dry ash.

Unlike the entrained flow gasifiers the gas/coal flow is countercurrent, resulting in much cooler gas exit temperatures - hence lower capital costs as specialised heat-resistant materials are not needed. Due to the longer coal residence times, the BGL gasifiers use less oxygen and steam, but also achieves a higher efficiency rate in converting coal to gas, giving lower operating costs. The potential drawback of the BGL gasifier is the amount of methane produced - a drawback for Fischer Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbon liquids, but a positve advantage for production of syngas. For simply burning the gasifier product in an IGCC turbine, the methane content is unlikely to be a crucial issue.

More info on the BGL gasifier can be found on http://www.gl-group.com

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