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Task 1 Topical Report. IGCC Plant Cost Optimization. Volume 1 of 3.

DE2005837331

Publication Date	2002
Page Count	753
Abstract	The goal of this series of design and estimating efforts was to start from the as-built design and actual operating data from the DOE sponsored Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project and to develop optimized designs for several coal and petroleum coke IGCC power and coproduction projects. First, the team developed a design for a grass-roots plant equivalent to the Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project to provide a starting point and a detailed mid-year 2000 cost estimate based on the actual as-built plant design and subsequent modifications (Subtask 1.1). This unoptimized plant has a thermal efficiency of 38.3% (HHV) and a mid-year 2000 EPC cost of 1,681 $/kW. This design was enlarged and modified to become a Petroleum Coke IGCC Coproduction Plant (Subtask 1.2) that produces hydrogen, industrial grade steam, and fuel gas for an adjacent Gulf Coast petroleum refinery in addition to export power. A structured Value Improving Practices (VIP) approach was applied to reduce costs and improve performance. The base case (Subtask 1.3) Optimized Petroleum Coke IGCC Coproduction Plant increased the power output by 16% and reduced the plant cost by 23%.
Keywords	Coal gasification Fuel gas Hydrogen sulfides Natural gas Optimization Oxidation Performance Petroleum products Combined cycle power plants Thermal efficiency Environmental impacts US Gulf Coast
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Bechtel Corp., Houston, TX.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Global Energy Inc., Houston, TX.; Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Global Energy Inc., Houston, TX. and Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200601

Task 1 Topical Report. IGCC Plant Cost Optimization. Volume 1 of 3.

Task 1 Topical Report. IGCC Plant Cost Optimization. Volume 1 of 3.
DE2005837331

Publication Date	2002
Page Count	753
Abstract	The goal of this series of design and estimating efforts was to start from the as-built design and actual operating data from the DOE sponsored Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project and to develop optimized designs for several coal and petroleum coke IGCC power and coproduction projects. First, the team developed a design for a grass-roots plant equivalent to the Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project to provide a starting point and a detailed mid-year 2000 cost estimate based on the actual as-built plant design and subsequent modifications (Subtask 1.1). This unoptimized plant has a thermal efficiency of 38.3% (HHV) and a mid-year 2000 EPC cost of 1,681 $/kW. This design was enlarged and modified to become a Petroleum Coke IGCC Coproduction Plant (Subtask 1.2) that produces hydrogen, industrial grade steam, and fuel gas for an adjacent Gulf Coast petroleum refinery in addition to export power. A structured Value Improving Practices (VIP) approach was applied to reduce costs and improve performance. The base case (Subtask 1.3) Optimized Petroleum Coke IGCC Coproduction Plant increased the power output by 16% and reduced the plant cost by 23%.
Keywords	Coal gasification Fuel gas Hydrogen sulfides Natural gas Optimization Oxidation Performance Petroleum products Combined cycle power plants Thermal efficiency Environmental impacts US Gulf Coast
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Bechtel Corp., Houston, TX.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Global Energy Inc., Houston, TX.; Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Global Energy Inc., Houston, TX. and Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200601