The History of Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Power Plants

Phillips, Jeffrey N.; Booras, George; Marasigan, Jose

doi:10.1115/gt2017-64507

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“…In 1964, large brown coal to syngas industrial facility—Schwarze Pumpe, based on fixed‐bed Lurgi gasifiers was built in Germany. The gasifier featured entrained flow—dry‐feed gasification technology initially described in the literature as the Gaskombinat Schwarze Pumpe (GSP) technology and later referred to as the Siemens fuel gasification technology (Phillips et al, 2017). Although in the beginning, the plant has not worked with waste, technical experience obtained in GSP played a very significant role in the next development of European waste gasification projects.…”

Section: Development and Applications Of Pyrolysis And Gasification Technologies For Waste Processingmentioning

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Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

Porshnov

2021

WIREs Energy & Environment

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The paper aims to review the state of the art in the field of pyrolysis and gasification of waste and to identify approaches that can be prospective considering the upcoming transformation of society. The results show that the transition to a circular, low carbon economy will significantly change the composition of municipal wastes, making thermochemical approaches more and more competitive. However, it does not mean that pyrolysis and gasification will outperform incineration in the field of traditional waste to energy. Novel thermochemical waste management approaches must not be viewed as competitors, but rather as the successors of the traditional mass‐burn incineration. The transition to a circular, low carbon economy will result in an emergence of new needs, new products and thus in possibilities of new pyrolysis and gasification‐based business models different from the waste to energy concept. Negative emissions, energy storage, stabilization of renewable grids as well as renewable fuels must be mentioned as examples of such new products. Thus, thermochemical processing technologies should be embedded into the wider concept of circular, low carbon economy as the source of energy for recycling, a technology of tertiary recycling of synthetic polymers and as a way to transform nonrecyclable rejects into fuels, negative emissions, and other marketable products. This article is categorized under: Bioenergy > Systems and Infrastructure

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Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

Porshnov

2021

WIREs Energy & Environment

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“…An 1100 • C class gas turbine modified from GE's 7001 E-type was used. Since then, many R&D projects have been conducted in Europe and the United States [43].…”

Section: Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (Igcc) Technologiesmentioning

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Advanced Gas Turbine Cooling for the Carbon-Neutral Era

Takeishi

Krewinkel

2023

IJTPP

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In the coming carbon-neutral era, industrial gas turbines (GT) will continue to play an important role as energy conversion equipment with high thermal efficiency and as stabilizers of the electric power grid. Because of the transition to a clean fuel, such as hydrogen or ammonia, the main modifications will lie with the combustor. It can be expected that small and medium-sized gas turbines will burn fewer inferior fuels, and the scope of cogeneration activities they are used for will be expanded. Industrial gas turbine cycles including CCGT appropriate for the carbon-neutral era are surveyed from the viewpoint of thermodynamics. The use of clean fuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS) will inevitably increase the unit cost of power generation. Therefore, the first objective is to present thermodynamic cycles that fulfil these requirements, as well as their verification tests. One conclusion is that it is necessary to realize the oxy-fuel cycle as a method to utilize carbon-heavy fuels and biomass and not generate NOx from hydrogen combustion at high temperatures. The second objective of the authors is to show the required morphology of the cooling structures in airfoils, which enable industrial gas turbines with a higher efficiency. In order to achieve this, a survey of the historical development of the existing cooling methods is presented first. CastCool® and wafer and diffusion bonding blades are discussed as turbine cooling technologies applicable to future GTs. Based on these, new designs already under development are shown. Most of the impetus comes from the development of aviation airfoils, which can be more readily applied to industrial gas turbines because the operation will become more similar. Double-wall cooling (DWC) blades can be considered for these future industrial gas turbines. It will be possible in the near future to fabricate the DWC structures desired by turbine cooling designers using additive manufacturing (AM). Another conclusion is that additively manufactured DWC is the best cooling technique for these future gas turbines. However, at present, research in this field and the data generated are scattered, and it is not yet possible for heat transfer designers to fabricate cooling structures with the desired accuracy.

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“…Attempts to adapt more advanced technologies, such as integrating gasified coal into a gas turbine, failed in markets where the primary product to be delivered was electricity. Ultimately, the number of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants constructed globally is probably less than ten (Phillips, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%