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Fuel-Flexible Gasification-Combustion Technology for Production of H2 and Sequestration-Ready CO2:
Quarterly Technical Progress Report No. 1 October 1, 2000 – December 31, 2000

George Rizeq

General Electric Energy and Environmental Research Corporation

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Table of Contents

DISCLAIMER 2
ABSTRACT 3
INTRODUCTION 5
  PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 5
AGC CONCEPT 6
PROJECT PLAN 6
PROGRAM INITIATION AND MANAGEMENT 6
EXPERIMENTAL 8
  LAB-SCALE/FUNDAMENTALS (TASK 1) ACTIVITIES 8
BENCH-SCALE FACILITY (TASK 2) ACTIVITIES 9
  Mass and Energy Balance 9
Bench-Scale Reactor Design 9
Experimental Facility Process Design 10
Experimental Procedures 11
Data Analysis Procedures 11
MODELING 11
  PROCESS MODELING 12
  Fluidization Calculations for the Multi-Bed Reactor System 12
Analytical Calculations for All Unit Operations 12
KINETIC MODELING 13
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 13
  DESIGN CALCULATIONS EXAMPLE (TASK 2) 13
PROCESS MODELING (TASK 4) 14
  Process Configurations 14
System Performance 16
CONCLUSIONS 16
FUTURE WORK 16
REFERENCES 17