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Fuel-Flexible Gasification-Combustion Technology for Production of H2 and Sequestration-Ready CO2:
Annual Technical Progress Report 2003, October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2003

George Rizeq

General Electric Energy and Environmental Research Corporation

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Table of Contents

DISCLAIMER 2
ABSTRACT 3
LIST OF TABLES 5
LIST OF FIGURES 6
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7

1.0

 INTRODUCTION 9
 

1.1

 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 9

1.2

 UFP TECHNOLOGY 10

1.3

 PROJECT PLAN 10

2.0

 PROGRAM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 11

3.0

 EXPERIMENTAL 13
 

3.1

 LABORATORY-SCALE TESTING 13
 

3.1.1

 Coal Gasification Experiments 13

3.1.2

 OTM Characterization Experiments 13

3.2

 BENCH-SCALE TESTING 15

4.0

 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 17
 

4.1

 LABORATORY-SCALE TESTING RESULTS 17
 

4.1.1

 Coal Gasification Results 17

4.1.2

 OTM Characterization Results 19

4.2

 BENCH-SCALE TESTING RESULTS 20

4.3

 ENGINEERING AND MODELING STUDIES 22
 

4.3.1

 Pilot-Scale System Process Modeling 22

4.3.2

 UFP Integrated System Process Modeling / Comparison with IGCC (Task 8) 25
Difference in Energy Utilization 29

4.4

 PILOT PLANT DESIGN & ASSEMBLY 30
 

4.4.1

 Safety Analysis 30

4.4.2

 Reactor Design and Construction 30

4.4.3

 Coal, Steam and Air Feeding Systems 31

4.4.4

 Solids Transfer System 33

4.4.5

 Auxiliary Systems 33

4.4.6

 UFP Pilot Plant Layout 34

4.4.7

 Control, Monitoring and Analysis Systems 35

5.0

 CONCLUSIONS 37

6.0

 FUTURE WORK 39

7.0

 PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 41

8.0

 REFERENCES 43
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 44