INTERGRATED GASIFICATION

COMBINED CYCLE (IGCC)

ANH PHUONG NGUYEN
APN274
25 Nov 2008
CHE 384 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY &
POLICY
Content
Overview
IGCC Process
Future development
Conclusions
Overview
COMBINED CYCLE GASIFICATION

PRODUCE SYNGAS
INTEGRATED GASIFICATION
COMBINED CYCLE
POWER GENERATION
LOW EMISSION HIGH EFFICIENCY
IGCC Plants in the US

The Tampa Electric IGCC Project
Mulberry, Florida, 1996
Using: GE Energy Gasification
Output: 250 MWe
The Wabash River IGCC Project
West Terre Haute, Indiana, 1995
Using: The ConocoPhillips E-Gas
Gasification process
Output: 262 MWe
IGCC PROCESS
GASIFIER TYPES
Manufacturer Gasifier type Application
ConocoPhillips Coal- water slurry feed,
Oxygen blown, refractory
lined gasifier
wide range of coal
General Electric Energy
(GE)
Coal-water slurry feed, O
2

blown, refractory lined
gasifier
bituminous coal, pet-
coke or blend of pet coke
with low rank coal
Kellog Brown and Root
(KBR)
dry feed, air blown
transport reactor
low rank coal
Mitsubishi Heavy
Industry (MHI)
dry feed, air blown low rank coal
Shell dry feed, coal is crushed,
dried and fed into gasifier,
oxygen blown, waterwall
in gasifier
wide variety of feedstock
Kellog Brown and
Root (KBR)

COMPARISON
IGCC
(ConocoPhilips)
PC subcritical PC supercritical NGCC
CO
2

capture
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Net power
output
(kW
e
)
623,370 518,240 550,445 549,613 550,150 545,995 560,360 481,890
HHV
efficiency
(%)
39.3% 31.7% 36.8% 24.9% 39.1% 27.2% 50.8% 43.7%
Levelized
cost of
electricity
($/MWh)
75.3 105.7 64 118.8 63.3 114.8 68.4 97.4
Total plant
cost
(Million $)
1080 1259.8 852.6 1591.3 866.391 1567.073 310.710 564.628
IGCC COST BREAKDOWN
Unit Cost ($)
Coal & sorbent handling 34,000
Coal & sorbent preparation and feed 52,665
Feed water system 34,944
Gasifier system total
- Gasifier, syngas cooler & auxiliaries
- Air Separation Unit & O
2
compression
- Other gasifier units
446,129
212,885
170,449
62,795
Gas cleanup and piping 228,370
CO
2
removal system 35,754
Combustion turbine 123,611
Steam turbine 56,611
Cooling water system 24,614
Aspen, sorbent handling system 35,031
Accessory electric plant 73,409
Instrumentation & control 25,021
Building and structure 16,429
Total 1,259,800
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Improve gasifier performance
Improve gas turbine efficiency
Improve the heat exchanger system
Reducing cost of air separation unit or
switch to air blown process as Japan did
Optimize energy saving in IGCC
Improve control of the integrated system

CONCLUSION
Promising technology in early development
Substitute for current coal fired power plant
Need more R&D to make it more competitive
Prospect of zero emission from coal
Q&A