Sustainable Clean Coal Technology with Power and Methanol Production

Clean Hydrogen Energy and Electric Power Production with CO2 Capturing by Using Coal Gasification

Clean hydrogen is the major energy carrier for power production. The conversion of CO to CO2 and zero emission during hydrogen energy production causes high capital cost. It is a matter of prestige to optimize the process in order to make zero emission and cost effective production of clean hydrogen energy and electric power. In this era, coal gasification is th...

A Polygeneration System Based on Multi-Input Chemical Looping Combustion

This paper proposes a polygeneration system based on a multi-input chemical looping combustion system, which generates methanol and electricity, through the use of natural gas and coal. In this system, the chemical looping hydrogen (CLH) production system and the coal-based methanol production system are integrated. A high quality fuel, natural gas, is used to improve the conversion ratio of co...

Plant Power: The Cost of Using Biomass for Power Generation and Potential for Decreased Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To date, biomass has not been a large source of power generation in the United States, despite the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits from displacing coal with carbon neutral biomass. In this thesis, the fuel cycle GHG emissions of power generation from both dedicated biomass power plants and coal power plants with biomass co-firing are quantified using a model based on Argonne Nationa...

Commercial-scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (lpmeohtm) Process Project Performance Summary Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program

Zero Emission Coal — Competitive, Highly Efficient Electricity Production from even High Sulfur Coals

Until recently, it was conventional wisdom that ‘clean coal’ meant abandoning high sulfur coal resources, reducing plant efficiencies and increasing costs. ZECA Corporation is developing a new ‘Zero Emission’ technology that was invented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It may stand this preconceived notion on its head. The ZECA Technology has the potential to readily accept high sulfur coal,...