Thermodynamic assessment of IGCC power plants with hot fuel gas desulfurization

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3374-3383

  Giuffrida, Antonio ^a   Romano, Matteo C ^a   Lozza, Giovanni G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clean coal technologies; Desulfurization; HGCU; IGCC; Thermodynamic analysis; Zinc based sorbent

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; DESULFURIZATION; GAS PLANTS; GASIFICATION; METAL DRAWING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES; FUEL GAS DESULFURIZATION; HGCU; HOT GAS DESULFURIZATION; IGCC; NEAR-AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT;

TEMPERATURE;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBUSTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NITRIC OXIDE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SORPTION; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE; ZINC;

EID: 77955175587     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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