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Pre‐combustion carbon capture based on integrated gasification combined cycle ( IGCC ) technology represents one approach to fossil fueled power generation with carbon capture and storage ( CCS ) in the short run. It is based on the generation of a syngas often from coal followed by a complex syngas treatment before combustion in a combined cycle power block. Because of the gas treatment and the higher combined cycle efficiency, IGCC power plants are regarded as highly efficient and low emission power plants. If designed for CCS , CO 2 will be separated from the fuel gas before combustion in the gas turbine. The CO 2 is captured at advantageous conditions with liquid solvents and obtained at a high quality. All major process units forming an IGCC power plant are well demonstrated in the electricity generation sector or the chemical industry. However, IGCC plants feature higher complexity and significantly higher capital investment than conventional power plants. Despite some demonstration plants, the technology has not reached full maturity or availabilities as they are achieved by competing coal power plants. Consequently, it is still yielding high costs of electricity. A new approach to overcome economic drawbacks and with the potential to integrate renewable with fossil power generation is given by polygeneration concepts. It often relies on the combination of IGCC with coal‐to‐liquids routes allowing for the coproduction of electricity and synthesis products. Polygeneration allows for a significant reduction of CO 2 emissions by integrating renewable energy sources. However, conceptual and technological development is required for both, IGCC and polygeneration plants, for wider future application.

The chemical and physical modelling and transient simulation of a plant with chemical reactors can be useful within dimensioning, optimisation, operation studies and analysing of time critical processes. Therefore, a reactor model for thermodynamic equilibrium conditions has been implemented. The Model is based on the free Modelica Fluid library and contains correlations for heat and mass transfer and pressure drop. The model contains the components: H 2 , CO, CO 2 , H 2 O, CH 4 , N 2

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Status and Perspectives of Coal Utilisation in Power Plants including Gasification

The goal of this contribution is the introduction of a multinational research project aimed to the development of a novel concept for the utilization of associated petroleum gas (APG) using small-scale facilities located in remote areas in the Russian North. This project is funded by the ERA.Net RUS Plus program focused on the enhancement of the collaboration between European Union and Russia in the R&D area. It involves research institutions and companies from Russia, Germany and Poland and will be started in September 2015. The key step of the mentioned APG utilization route is the Syngas-to-Fuel (STF) process for the conversion of syngas into high-quality gasoline. One of the main challenges will be the selection of an appropriate technology for the syngas formation from APG, which is optimal adapted to the specific composition of APG usually containing (besides methane) higher hydrocarbons, CO2, N2, noble gases, sulfur-containing impurities, etc. The Russian-German-Polish project will be focused on the development of a comprehensive model for the overall process chain, including syngas generation, gas treatment, generation of heat and electricity, liquid fuels synthesis. Based on this model, technically viable and economically beneficial process integration schemes have to be defined taking into account the available infrastructure and the severe boundary conditions of the Russian North. For instance, a compact process design is desirable in terms of the reduction of capital costs. The final result of the ERA.Net RUS Plus project will be a technical and economical assessment of the novel technology for the APG utilization in remote areas, which is able to satisfy the needs of Russian oil and gas companies.