Performance of an IGCC plant with carbon capture and coal-CO 2-slurry feed: Impact of coal rank, slurry loading, and syngas cooling technology

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 11778-11790

  Botero, Cristina ^a   Field, Randall P ^a   Brasington, Robert D ^a   Herzog, Howard J ^a   Ghoniem, Ahmed F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; COAL RANKS; COAL WATER SLURRY; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; COOLING TECHNOLOGY; ENTHALPY OF VAPORIZATION; FEED SYSTEMS; GASIFICATION EFFICIENCY; GASIFIERS; HIGH HEAT CAPACITY; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE PENALTIES; POWER GENERATION EFFICIENCY; STEADY STATE PROCESS; SYNGAS COOLING; WATER SLURRY;

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COOLING; LIQUEFIED GASES; SYNTHESIS GAS;

LOADING;

EID: 84866307396     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3018093     Document Type: Article

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