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Proceedings of the Coal-Fired Power Systems 94 - Advances in IGCC
and PFBC Review Meeting – Volume 1

McDaniel, Heather M.
Staubly, Ronald K.
Venkataraman, Venkat K.

Department of Energy

Volume II - Proceedings of the Coal-Fired Power Systems 94
Advances in IGCC and PFBC Review Meeting

Table of Contents

Part 1, Pages 1 - 58, 5.43 MB

1.

Session 1 – Opening Commentaries

 

1.1

The Role of Advanced Technology in the Future of the Power Generation Industry

3

 

Thomas F. Bechtel

1.2

Evolving Utility Business Structure and Impact on New Technology Application

12

 

J. Wayne Leonard

2.

Session 2 – Changes in the Market and Technology Drivers

27

2.1

Overview of Global Utility Market for Advanced Coal Fired Systems

27

 

Ronald K. Wolk and Neville A. Holt

2.2

Overview of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Market for Advanced Coal-Fired Systems

48

 

Dale. R. Simbeck, Stan Vejtasa, and Alan Karp

2.3

The Search for Innovative Technology

58

 

C. Lowell Miller

 

Part 2, Pages 60 - 137, 5.82 MB

3.

Session 3 – Advanced IGCC Systems

 

3.

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle – A View to the Future

61

 

Dale K. Schmidt

3.1

IGCC System Studies

65

 

Lawrence K. Rath, George T. Lee, and Patrick H. Le

3.2

Transport Reactor Development Status

73

 

Randall E. Rush, Martin O. Fankhanel, and William M. Campbell

3.3

Gasification Product Improvement Facility Status

83

 

R. Don Carson, Vijay, B. Dixit, Richard S. Sadowski, William H. Skinner, Robert A. Lisauskas, and Stephen A. Johnson

4.

Session 4 – Advanced PFBC Systems

92

4.1

PFBC System Studies

93

 

Michael E. Reed

4.2

Second Generation PFBC Systems Research and Development – Phase 2:  Circulating PFBC Test Results

104

 

Archie Robertson, James Van Hook, Frank Burkhard, Giovanni Carli, Rich Conn, Paul Crooker, Dave Kulcsar, Chongqing Lu, Anthony Mack, Ayedmir Nehrozoglu, Mark Torpey, and Frank Zoldak

4.3

Status of the Advanced PFBC at the Power Systems Development Facility

127

 

Randall E. Rush, Darrell L. Moore, Zia Haq, Timothy E. Pinkston, P. Vimalchand, James D. McClung, and Michael T. Quandt

Part 3, Pages 140 - 194, 4.81 MB

5.

Session 5 – Advanced Filter Systems

140

5.1

Status of the Morgantown Energy Technology Center’s Particulate Cleanup Program:  Enabling Technology for Advanced Coal-Based Power Systems

141

 

Richard A. Dennis 

5.2

Potential Industry Use of Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composites

144

 

Jull Jonkouski

5.3

Ceramic Fiber Ceramic Filter Development

145

 

Roddie R. Judkins, Melvin A. Leitheiser, David P. Stinton, Robert G. Smith, and Edward M. Fischer

5.4

Westinghouse Advanced Particle Filter System

152

 

Thomas E. Lippert, Gerald J. Bruck, Zal N. Sanjana, and Richard E. Newby

5.5

IF&P Fibrosic ™ Filters

166

 

Paul M. Eggerstedt

5.6

Multi-Contaminant Control Granular Bed Filter

176

 

Keith B. Wilson, John C. Haas, and Cheryl Anne Olivo

5.7

Westinghouse Standleg Moving Granular Bed Filter Development Program

186

 

Richard A. Newby, Wen-Cheng Yang, Eugene E. Smeltzer, and Thomas E. Lippert

Part 4, Pages 195 - 262, 5.27 MB
 

5.8

MTCI Acoustic Agglomeration Particulate Control

195

 

 

Ravi R. Chandran, Montaz N. Mansour, Alan W. Scaroni, Gary H. Koopmann, and John L. Loth

6.

Session 6 – Desulfurization Systems

 

6.1

METC Hot Gas Desulfurization Program Overview

219

 

Daniel C. Cicero

6.2

Integrated Operation of A Pressurized Gasifier, Hot Gas Desulfurization System and Turbine Simulator

222

 

Steve Bevan, David Najewicz, Eli Gal, Anthony H. Furman, Raul Ayala, and Alan Feitelberg

6.3

Enviropower Hot Gas Desulfurization Pilot

236

 

Kari Salo, Reza Ghazanfari, Gabor Feher, Jukka Konttinen, Arto Lehtovaara, and Wahab Mojtahedi

6.4

Slipstream Testing of the Direct Sulfur Recovery Process

246

 

Santosh K. Gangwal, Jeffrey W. Portzer, Gary B. Howe, Daniel H. Chen, and Michael H. McMillan

6.5

METC Fluid-Bed Hot-Gas Desulfurization PDU

256

 

Larry A Bissett

Part 5, Pages 263 - 336, 4.45 MB

7.

Session 7 – Turbine Systems

 

7.1

Development of Topping Combustor for Advanced Concept Pressurized, Fluidized Bed Combustion

265

 

William F. Domeracki, Thomas E. Dowdy, and Dennis Bachovchin

7.2

Development and Testing of Low BTU Fuel Gas Turbine Combustors

280

 

Stephen Bevan, Nesim Abuaf, Alan S. Feitelberg, Stephen L. Hung, Martin S. Samuels, and Anil K. Tolpadi 

7.3

Advanced Turbine Systems Program Overview

290

 

Holmes A. Webb

8.

Poster Session

 

P1

High Temperature Electrochemical Separation of H2S From Coal Gasification Streams

295

 

E. Faith Gleason and Jack Winnick

P2

Characterization and Fixed-Bed Testing of a Nickel-Based Hot Gas Desulfurization Sorbent

308

 

Lee D. Gasper-Galvin, James H. Swisher, and Kurt Hammerbeck

P3

Pilot Gasification and Hot Gas Cleanup Operations

321

 

 

John M. Rockey, Edwin Galloway, Teresa A. Thomson, Jay Rutten, and Alan Lui

P4

Coal Ash Behavior in Reducing Environments

322

 

Steven A. Benson, Thomas A. Erickson, David W. Brekke, Bruce C. Folkedahl, James E. Tibbetts, and Jan W. Nowok

Part 6, Pages 337 - 402, 4.84 MB
 

P5

Hot Coal Gas Desulfurization with Manganese-Based Sorbents – Malcolm

337

 

T. Hepworth and Rachid Ben-Slimane

P6

A Calcium Oxide Sorbent Process for Bulk Separation of Carbon Dioxide

351

 

Douglas P. Harrison and C. Han 

P7

COMPCOAL ™:  A Portable Process for Production of a Stable High-BTU Fuel From Power River Basin Coal

361

 

Verne E. Smith and Norm W. Merriam

P8

Development of Biological Coal Gasification (MicGAS Process)

376

 

Daman S. Walia and Kailash C. Srivastava

P9

Simultaneous Removal of H2S and NH3 in Coal Gasification Processes

398

 

K. Jothimurugesan, Adeyinka A. Adeyiga, and Santosh K. Gangwal

Part 7, Pages 403 - 468, 5.47 MB
 

P10

Granular Filtration in a Fluidized Bed

403

 

J. S. Mei, P.C. Yue, and J. S. Halow

P11

Dust Cake Behavior in Filters With High Surface Area to Volume Ratios –

405

  Douglas Straub, Ta-Kuan Chiang, and Richard A Dennis

411

P12

Computer Simulations of IGCC/PFBC Components

 

Edward J. Boyle, Thomas J. O’Brien, Lawrence J. Shadle, Madhava Syamlal, and Suresh Venkatesan

P13

Scaling of Pressurized Fluidized Beds

413

 

Susan Guralnick and Leon R. Glicksman

P14

Evaluation of Options for CO2 Capture/Utilization/Disposal

422

 

David K. Schmalzer, Richard D. Doctor, and C. David Livengood

P15

Absorption of Hydrogen Sulfide by Zinc Ferrite in the Temperature Range 315 to 538 Degrees Celsius (600 to 1000 Degrees F)

431

 

Thomas Grindley and C. Elaine Everitt

P16

High Temperature Hydrogen Sulfide Removal with Stannic Oxide

444

 

Michael E. Karpuk, Robert J. Copeland, D. Feinberg, D. Wickham, B. Windecker, and J. Yu

P17

Fossil Fuel Conversion – Measurement and Modeling

458

 

Peter R. Solomon, L. Douglas Smoot, Michael A. Serio, David G. Hamblen, B. Scott Brewster, and Predrag T. Radulovic

Part 8, Pages 469 - 515. 3.75 MB
 

P18

CeraMem Filters for Removal of Particles from Hot Gas Streams

469

 

Bruce A. Bishop, and Robert L. Goldsmith

P19

Development of Disposable Sorbents for Chloride Removal from High- Temperature Coal-Derived Gases

478

 

Gopala N. Krishnan, B. J. Wood, A. Canizales, R. Gupta, S. D. Sheluker, and R. Ayala

P20

PyGas Design Support

490

 

Lawrence J. Shadle, Abolghasem Shamsi, Guo-Qing Zhang, Edward J. Boyle, Yau-Hsin Wang, Madhava Syamlal, and Kalkunte Seshadri

P21

Chloride and Mercury Monitors for Air Toxics Measurements

492

 

William H. Buttermore, Glenn A. Norton, Colin D. Chriswell, Dave E. Eckels, and Rachel E. Peters

P22

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements at METC

498

 

J. Christopher Ludlow, Lisa A. Jarr, and William F. Lawson

P23

Optimal Design and Synthesis of Advanced Power Systems Under Uncertainty

499

  Urmila M. Diwekar, Edward S. Rubin, and H. Christopher Frey

P24

Development of a Radio Frequency Surface Contour Mapping System

513

 

William H. Buttermore, Robert J. Weber, and Warren E. Straszheim