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Clean Coal Gasification
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The process begins with the feedstock, coal going into a gasifier. The gasifier converts the coal into a gas through heat and high pressure mixing with air or pure oxygen
Clean Coal Gasification
Based on the increasing energy demands around the world it is becoming veryclear that the abundant reserves of coal cannot be overlooked in the future. However,mounting environmental concerns and lower costs of oil and natural gas are strong barriers for further development of clean coal gasification plants.
The forecast of world energy demands by the International Energy Agency clearly indicates that the current oil and natural gas reserves will not be sustainable in the future. Developing countries such as China, India and Brazil will demand more energy and fossil fuels at a rapid pace,overtaking the consumption demands of North America and Europe.
These numbers combined with the distribution of world coal reserves demonstrates the importance of promoting clean coal technology now. This sentiment is shared around the world as Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle plant projects are emerging in Europe, China, India, Japan, Australia and Britain. China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, has begun developing and researching clean coal gasification through joint projects lead by such companies as Shell.
Similar projects in Japan included a joint venture with Chevron Texaco to build a 342-megawatt IGCC power plant. This trend also extends to many major private energy corporations such as American Electric Power (US’s largest utility), Cinergy, General Electric (GE), Linc Energy, Chevron Texaco, Royal Dutch/Shell and Conoco Phillips who are all active in developing clean coal gasification technology or IGCC processes. These future demands and trends all support the fact that new coal technologies are very important for the world energy mix.
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