The Development of Coke Carried—Heat Gasification Coal—Fired Combined Cycle

INTRODUCTIONCoal is the main energy resource in China. Morethan 70% electric power is generated by coal-firedpower plants in the country. It will be continued to bedominant in next century. The need for new electricgenerating capacity is growing along with the growthof Chinese economy. Meanwhile, environment pollution caused by coal combustion is also concerned here.So, searching new technologies to burn coal cleanlyand efficiently to produce power is a very importanttask to the energy r…

The development of Coke Carried-Heat Gasification Coal-Fired Combined Cycle

Carried-Heat Partial Gasification Combined cycle is a novel combined cycle which was proposed by Thermal Engineering Department of Tsinghua University in 1992. The idea of the system comes from the situation that the efficiency of the power plants in China is much lower than that of the advanced countries, but the coal consumption is much higher, which brings about the waste of primary energy resources and the pollution of the environment. With the deep study of the gasification technology, Coke Carried-Heat Gasification Coal-Fired Combined Cycle, as the improved system, came into birth in 1996 based on the partial gasification one. At the end of 1997, a new cycle scheme similar to IGCC was created. This paper focuses on several classes combined cycle put forward by Tsinghua University, depending on the plant configuration and carbon conversion, making the solution a viable and attractive option for efficient coal utilization.