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Source: Data from Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants, volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity, Final Report; NETL, May 2007
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Post-combustion
Build test infrastructure at Plant Gaston Partner with solvent and process developers for evaluation Move technology forward to demonstration phase
Pre-combustion
Utilize and expand existing syngas infrastructure Provide test site for syngas CO2 capture technology evaluation Use data in engineering of full-scale systems
Oxy-combustion
Scoping / screening studies of new pressurized oxycombustion process.
Post-combustion
Pre-combustion
Oxy-combustion
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Transfer laboratory work to more realistic conditions Integrated CO2 capture system testing Sub-system or component testing at larger-scale
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Plant Gaston
Bench Scale Test Units #4
Stack
#3
FGD ID Fan
#2 #1
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Bench Scale
Site Preparation
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PSTU Commissioning
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Transport Combustor
Operated as an air-blown combustor at the PSDF from 1996 to 1999 Excellent results High throughput, nearly complete carbon conversion, low NOx, low SOx Key attributes:
Very high solids circulation rate Robust mechanical design Solids cooler Pressurized operation
O2
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Typical Oxy-Combustion
vent gas (incl. CO2) Arrow thickness is proportional to the mass flow. CO2 High-pres CO2 Compr. CO2 Purification Low-pres CO2 Compr.
sorbent Gas Heater ESP or baghouse ash Hg capture Hg Cooling Drying water
coal
Comb. Boiler
ID Fan
FGD
Fan
Fan
ash
oxygen
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Transport Oxy-Combustion
vent gas (incl. CO2) Arrow thickness is proportional to the mass flow. CO2 High-pres CO2 Compr. CO2 Purification
recycle CO2 water recycle CO2 coal Coal Prep Pressur. Feed sorbent TROC w/ Solids Cooler ash Flue Gas Cooler PCD Hg Capture Hg Cooling Drying water steam water steam
ash
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BOP
BOP ASU-O2
Make available realistic syngas and flue gas for process verification
Flexible in capacity & process conditions Compare different technologies
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Questions?
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