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Improved Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Generation and Advanced Clean Coal Technology
 

World’s 50 highest CO2 emitting power plants produced nearly
1.2 billion short tons of CO2 in 2007
: Of those, 80% of emissions were produced in 6 countries (China,
United States, South Africa, Germany, South Korea, and India)

Source :www.ccsnetwork.eu

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Clean Coal Technologies - Indian Scenario
 

Several R&D and pilot projects undertaken have created awareness on CCT and resulted in better use of Indian coal with emphasis on emission reduction.A ‘Centre of Excellence’ to implement CCT Programme through development, acquisition and adaptation of state of the art technologies to suit high ash.

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Environmental Footprints and Costs of Coal-Based Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle and Pulverized Coal Technologies
 

With the exception of controls for CO2, the control systems included in this report for reducing emissions of air pollutants from IGCC plants have been demonstrated at the two existing coal- and petroleum coke-based U.S. plants, and very similar systems are broadly used within the petroleum and chemical industries.

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THE COSTS OF CCS AND OTHER LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
 

It is likely that the stringent targets of 450ppm can only be achieved efficiently with a portfolio of technologies that include options that have the potential for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, as well as negating CO2 emissions from industrial sources, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.

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Coal-Based Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle
 

Can integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology play a major role in our nation’s energy future? The promise of coal-based IGCC technology has been around for decades. In that time, only two power plants employing this technology have been
constructed in the U.S.

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Clean Coal Technology Selection Study
 

This study is in connection with Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) generation expansion project investigations for the addition of a nominal 2,000 MW of capacity. FPL has previously identified a need to diversify its fuel consumption. Therefore, this study investigates only coal-fueled technologies.

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Clean Coal Technology and the Energy Review
 

The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its World Energy Outlook 2004 (Ref. 1) predicts that world primary energy use will grow by 60% during the period from 2002 to 2030, with almost 90% of this growth coming from fossil fuels (see Figure 1). More than 60% of the growth in primary energy demand is from the developing countries.

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Significant achievements of European Coal and Steel Community R&D programmes in the development of clean coal power generation technology
 

The European Commission has funded research on the production and use of coal, since the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty came into force in 1952. Financial support covered mining, coal preparation and conversion, and R&D in coal combustion and gasification.

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Development of the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Technology as suited to
Power Generation using Indian Coals
 

In November, 2002, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) suggested to the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) that synergy between BHEL and NTPC should be established for the indigenous development of the IGCC technology and for the subsequent setting-up of the first IGCC (~100 MWe) demonstration plant in India.

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The sustainability of clean coal technology : IGCC with / without CCS
 

Integrated gasification combined cycle power generation(IGCC)is one of the emerging clean coal technologies for reducing greenhouse emissionsin coal-fired electricity generation.IGCC technology,both with and without CO2 capture and storage(CCS) is compared with conventional super-critical power generation based on pulverized coal.

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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Systems (IGCC) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
 

Gasification systems are a promising approach for clean and efficient power
generation as well as for polygeneration of a variety of products, such as steam,
sulfur, hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, and others (Philcox and Fenner, 1996).

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CLEAN COAL POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
REVIEW: WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA
 

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the utilization of clean coal power generation technologies (CCT) worldwide with special attention to those suitable for India.Presently, coal-based power plants contribute approximately 64 percent of the totalelectricity generated worldwide.

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National Energy Map for India : Technology Vision 2030
 

India has recorded impressive rates of economic growth in recent years, which provide
the basis for more ambitious achievements in the future. However, a healthy rate of economic growth equalling or exceeding the current rate of 8% per annum would require major provision of infrastructure and enhanced supply of inputs such as energy.

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An Overview of Coal based Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Technology
 

The integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) produces electricity from a solid or liquid fuel. First, the fuel is converted to syngas which is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Second, the syngas is converted to electricity in a combined cycle power block consisting of a gas turbine process and a steam turbine process

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INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT 2010
 

India is the fourth largest emitter of CO2 in the world, according to the International Energy Agency. Although India has low per capita CO2 emission (1.18 tons against world average of 4.38 tons) and low CO2 emission intensity (0.33 kg per unit GDP in US$ PPP terms compared to world average of 0.47)

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Implementing Clean Coal Technology in India
 

India has a vast energy infrastructure of coal, starting from coal mining to extraction, and coal transport to coal utilization in power plants.Coal extraction deploys both underground and open-cast mining techniques. Underground mining allows access to
deeper coal seams (up to 600 m depth).

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Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development
 

The potential degradation products expected to be emitted to the atmosphere from MEA-based post combustion CO2 capture plant (PCC) installed in an Australian black coal fired power plant, have been estimated using the Aspen-Plus process simulation package.

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Clean Energy Ministerial Progress Report
 

Clean energy technologies came into their own during the last decade. Implementation of energy ‐efficiency (EE) measures is improving. Renewable energy has seen 30% to 40% growth rates in recent years, due to market‐creating policies and cost reductions.

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Accelerating Commercialand Policy Drivers for Deployment
 

As the IEA has noted in recent statements, only a portfolio of cleaner fossil fuels together with energy efficiency measures, nuclear and renewable energy can provide the price stability, supply security and widespread availability needed over the next few decades for the developed world

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Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap
 

This paper may be cited as: Chikkatur, Ananth P. and Ambuj D. Sagar, “Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap.” Discussion Paper 2007-06, Cambridge, Mass.: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, December 2007.

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IGCC roadmaps for the Asia-Pacific region
 

The Asia Pacific Partnership Cleaner Fossil Energy (CFE) Taskforce meeting held on 4-5 July 2007 in Beijing agreed to establish an IGCC working group with the Terms of Reference to be developed jointly by Australia, the United States and Korea.

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Efficiency upgrades for existing coal-fired power plants
 

Coal properties that influence efficiency include
- Amount of ash in the coal
- The moisture content of the coal
- The reactivity of the coal
Coal upgrading aims to improve quality and consistency, and reduce moisture content.

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Implementing clean coal projects under Kyoto
 

This is a hypothetical case study of a proposed super-critical coal-fired power plant for
construction in one of the provinces/regions in Romania. Other clean coal technologies
including Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (CFBC) Pressurised Fluidised Bed Combustion (PFBC) and Pressurised Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion (PCFBC) were also considered for comparison
purposes.

Source :www.iea-coal.org/site/2010/home

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IPCC Special Report Capture of CO2
 

The purpose of CO2 capture is to produce a concentrated stream that can be readily transported to a CO2 storage site. CO2 capture and storage is most applicable to large, centralized sources like power plants and large industries.

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Oxyfuel combustion of pulverised coal
 

Oxyfuel combustion is one of the leading options for power generation with CO2 capture.

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Potential for economic greenhouse gas reduction in coal-fired power generation
 

Data on the Clean Coal Compendium indicate that there is probably around 100 GWe capacity of coal-fired plant still in operation after 40 years and approaching 500 GWe of plant over 20 years old.

Source :www.iea-coal.org/site/2010/home

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Prospects for coal, CCTs and CCS
 

The Asia Pacific Partnership Cleaner Fossil Energy (CFE) Taskforce meeting held on 4-5 July 2007 in Beijing agreed to establish an IGCC working group with the Terms of Reference to be developed jointly by Australia, the United States and Korea.

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Prospects for co-utilisation of coal with other fuels
 

Energy reserves, price and security of supply issues are discussed within the context of the prospects for coal and policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel
 

The oil supply crises of the 1970s triggered major development programmes within Europe, the USA and Japan to establish technologies for the production of synthetic oil products from coal while South Africa, which already had an extensive coal to liquids (CTL) capacity, increased its capabilities further

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Sustainable development in the production and use of coal
 

Heightened awareness of the global pressures of population, poverty and environmental degradation has placed sustainable development high on the agenda of international policy makers.

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The impact of emissions trading on
 

The major impact of climate change policies will be the increased prices faced by users of fossil fuels (particularly coal). The challenge for the coal industry will be to ensure that governments provide energy users with sufficient flexibility to achieve abatement by cost effective means (such as emissions trading) rather than by direct regulation.

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Understanding coal-fired power plant
 

Heat engines exploit the work done in a cycle of expansions and compressions of a fluid as heat is added and lower temperature heat is rejected.

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A scoping study on Oxy-CFB technology as an alternative carbon capture option for Australian black and brown coals

 

A scoping study on Oxy-CFB technology as an alternative carbon capture option for Australian black and brown coals

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Building a Consortium to Develop A New Pulverized Coal Plant With Post-Combustion Carbon Capture

 

Building a Consortium to Develop A New Pulverized Coal Plant With Post-Combustion Carbon Capture

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Carbon Capture Plant Layout Optimization with a New Coal Fired Power Generating Facility

 

Carbon Capture Plant Layout Optimization with a New Coal Fired Power Generating Facility

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Cooling Alternatives Evaluation for a New Pulverized Coal Power Plant with Carbon Capture

 

Cooling Alternatives Evaluation for a New Pulverized Coal Power Plant with Carbon capture

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Financing a New Pulverized Coal Plant With Post Combustion Carbon Capture

 

Financing a New Pulverized Coal Plant With Post Combustion Carbon Capture

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Power Plant Optimization Demonstration Projects

 

Power Plant Optimization Demonstration Projects

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Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)Technology for the Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Coal-Fired Boilers

 

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)Technology for the Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Coal-Fired Boilers

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The JEA Large-Scale CFB Combustion Demonstration Project

 

The JEA Large-Scale CFB Combustion Demonstration Project

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Software Systems in Clean Coal Demonstration Projects

 

Software Systems in Clean Coal

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Coal Utilization By-Products

 

Coal Utilization By-products

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Coproduction of Power, Fuels and Chemicals

 

Coproduction of Power, Fuels and Chemicals

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Environmental Benefits of Clean Coal Technologies

 

Environmental Benefits of Clean Coal Technologies

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Tampa Electric Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Project

 

Tampa Electric IGCC Project

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The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project

 

Washbash River - Coal Gasification Repowering Project

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