LOW COST HIGH HYDROGEN SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION FROM ILLINOIS COAL
Title
LOW COST HIGH HYDROGEN SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION FROM ILLINOIS COAL
ICCI Project ID
15/US-2
Investigator
Hill
Institution
Gas Technology Institute
ICCI Abstract
Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) propose to further develop and demonstrate TDA\'s integrated water gas shift (WGS) and CO2 separation process developed with DOE funding (DE-FE-0007966) at a 0.1-MWe scale to produce high hydrogen syngas from gasification of coal while capturing more than 90% of the carbon. TDA has developed and demonstrated in that project (DE-FE-0007966), the technical feasibility and economic viability of a new high-hydrogen synthesis gas production technology for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants and coal-to-liquids (CTL) plants. The new system uses a high temperature pressure swing adsorption (PSA)-based CO2 scrubber integrated with a WGS catalyst to capture greater than 90% of the carbon emissions. It provides the highest net plant efficiency and lowest increase in cost of electricity (COE) of any CO2 capture technologies that are currently in use or under development. In that project the technology was demonstrated using actual coal derived synthesis gas in slipstream demonstrations at 5-kW size, while achieving better than 90+% CO2 capture. Detailed process design and analysis of the new system showed the TDA\'s sorbent, when used in combination with WGS catalyst, minimizes the steam requirements for the shift reaction and provides an overall net plant efficiency of greater than 36%, while still achieving 90+% carbon capture.
Successful completion of this 0.1-MWe demonstration will result in this technology being adopted by TDA\'s other partner, Sinopec, in an on-going DOE project (Contract No. DE-FE0013105) and the commercialization roadmap for this technology will be in line with the DOE road map for CO2 capture. With additional funding from DOE and TDA\'s commercial partners, the technology will be at the 30-50 MWe scale in 2020 and will be ready for deployment in a full-scale power plant in 2025. The benefits to ICCI include the field demonstration at a slipstream level (0.1 MWe) of the advanced CO2 capture process on Illinois coal. This IGCC simulation study with TDA\'s advanced CO2 capture technology will result in more citations of this Illinois coal study. When regulations for CO2 capture are enacted, this would position Illinois coal at the forefront, as there will be more data available on the CO2 capture process with Illinois coal.
The proposed development and validation of the integrated WGS and CO2 separation process for pre-combustion capture of CO2 from synthesis gas derived by the gasification of Illinois #6 coal will consist of the following elements:
• Reactor design of the integrated WGS and CO2 capture system (with the aid of CFD modeling) for incorporation into the 0.1-MWe prototype demonstration unit.
• Experimental validation of design using syngas derived from gasification of Illinois coal in a bench gasifier.
• Design and fabrication of a gas processing unit (GPU) for integration with TDA\'s combined WGS and CO2 capture system for the 0.1-MWe prototype unit and its slip-stream field testing at National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) and Wabash River gasification facilities.
Successful completion of this 0.1-MWe demonstration will result in this technology being adopted by TDA\'s other partner, Sinopec, in an on-going DOE project (Contract No. DE-FE0013105) and the commercialization roadmap for this technology will be in line with the DOE road map for CO2 capture. With additional funding from DOE and TDA\'s commercial partners, the technology will be at the 30-50 MWe scale in 2020 and will be ready for deployment in a full-scale power plant in 2025. The benefits to ICCI include the field demonstration at a slipstream level (0.1 MWe) of the advanced CO2 capture process on Illinois coal. This IGCC simulation study with TDA\'s advanced CO2 capture technology will result in more citations of this Illinois coal study. When regulations for CO2 capture are enacted, this would position Illinois coal at the forefront, as there will be more data available on the CO2 capture process with Illinois coal.
The proposed development and validation of the integrated WGS and CO2 separation process for pre-combustion capture of CO2 from synthesis gas derived by the gasification of Illinois #6 coal will consist of the following elements:
• Reactor design of the integrated WGS and CO2 capture system (with the aid of CFD modeling) for incorporation into the 0.1-MWe prototype demonstration unit.
• Experimental validation of design using syngas derived from gasification of Illinois coal in a bench gasifier.
• Design and fabrication of a gas processing unit (GPU) for integration with TDA\'s combined WGS and CO2 capture system for the 0.1-MWe prototype unit and its slip-stream field testing at National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) and Wabash River gasification facilities.
Start Date
1/1/2015
End Date
12/31/2015
Year Funded
2015
Manager
Debalina Dasgupta
Collection
Citation
“LOW COST HIGH HYDROGEN SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION FROM ILLINOIS COAL,” ICCI Reports, accessed May 20, 2024, https://isgswikis.web.illinois.edu/icci_reports/items/show/850.