Abstract
The paper describes the status of the 335 Mwe gross (ISO conditions) IGCC project of ELCOGAS in Puertollano/Spain based on the PRENFLO coal gasification process, at the beginning of its third year of engineering and construction.
The project is funded within the Thermie programme of the Commission of the European Communities, being its first targeted project.
The status of the IGCC project is presented. Coal gasification is based on the PRENFLO entrained-flow principle with dry fuel dust feeding. An almost complete raw gas desulphurization leads to very low SO2 contents in the flue gas. Sulphur from the coal will be available as elemental sulphur. By saturation of the desulphurized gas and the mixing with the nitrogen from the air separation unit the integrated power plant concept also achieves very low NOx contents in the flue gas.
Commissioning tests for the combined cycle plant fed with natural gas will start during mid-1995. and will be followed by one year plant operation, before commissioning of the IGCC power plant.
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