Storing syngas lowers the carbon price for profitable coal gasification

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7974-7979

  Newcomer, Adam ^a   Apt, Jay ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GASIFICATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

HIGH-PRESSURE SYNGAS; STORAGE CONFIGURATIONS;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GASIFICATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HIGH PRESSURE; POWER GENERATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COAL GASIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENT; PROBABILITY;

CARBON; COAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 36849030329     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070956a     Document Type: Article

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