Sentences with phrase «using coal gasification»

In what Treehugger writer John Laumer calls the Climate Trifecta,» Bullion Monarch Mining Co., is proposing to produce oil from oil shale using coal gasification, which they label as a «clean coal» technology.

«The DLP will push for the retention of our cheap, clean and efficient coal fired power stations and look to a more transitional model of using coal gasification and other clean coal technologies that would be far less costly to the taxpayer, while producing a secure and solid baseline for our grid.»

Use coal gasification as a stopgap while developing new technologies to produce electricity.

``... Integrated gasification combined cycle technology uses a coal gasification system to convert coal into a synthesis gas (syngas).

Not exact matches

By: Nadine James 16th September 2016 To facilitate the gasification of low - grade fine waste coal that is discarded as a by - product of coal processing, State - owned mineral research council Mintek is developing the concept of direct current (dc) arc plasma gasification, intending to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) that could be used... →

The sieves could also work in coal gasification plants, which currently use solvents to scrub CO2.

Recent studies suggest that energy obtained using the technique would be cheaper than more popular methods of getting low emissions coal power, like so - called Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), which involves gasifying coal above ground in facilities like the FutureGen project, which the Bush Administration proposed and then killed.

[D] uring gasification, roughly half of the sulfur, mercury, arsenic, tar, ash, and particulates from the used coal remain in the subsurface, and any sulfur or metals that reach the surface arrive in a chemically reduced state, making them relatively simple to remove.

China has the top experts on gasification in the world, says Levine, because it is expanding its use of coal to produce chemical raw materials.

It is not just a matter that if we started to use lots of coal gasification techniques [in] which your burning coal, which [and] you pull in the carbon dioxide out before it goes into the atmosphere — you can't just rely on those.

The 4,300 - acre Polk Power Station, 40 miles southeast of Tampa, burns coal using a state of the art low - emissions gasification process.

Awardees will receive approximately $ 16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon - based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels.

Also, coal gasification converts only a portion of the coal carbon to methane; to my knowledge, approximately 1/2 of the carbon ends up being emitted as CO2, which is not the result of energy production but rather a byproduct of making the gas that will be used to make the energy.

A real «clean coal» plant uses either gasification which converts the coal to purified syngas or oxygen enrichment in the boiler to eliminate excess air in the flue gases so that the carbon dioxide can be easily separated.

Then let's take the pile of money already wasted on coal - liquefication and coal - gasification while ignoring the energy and environmental costs and use it for making direct solar energy the fuel for transportation, also all over the planet.

Third, new technologies, such as underground coal gasification and especially carbon capture and storage, can — if given substantial financial support — reduce emissions substantially from coal use in power plants and industrial facilities.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissiCoal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

And, the contentious Duke Energy coal gasification facility in Edwardsport Indiana was reportedly using more energy than it produced even after massive cost overuns and ratepayer outrage.

The electrical energy is used to produce hydrogen from water; carbon dioxide can be obtained from biomass gasification, cement plants, or carbon capture from coal - fired power plants.

The team used detailed process simulations, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analyses, and cost analyses in a comprehensive analytical framework to assess 16 alternative system configurations that involve gasification - based coproduction of Fischer - Tropsch liquid (FTL) fuels and electricity from coal and / or biomass, with and without capture and storage of byproduct CO2.

Biomass gasification could be used either to produce electricity (e.g., use biomass instead of coal in a power plant application) or as the first step in a liquid - fuels program.

Internally - circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor Using Thermal Storage Material for Solar Coal Coke Gasification

Tier II sources include: waste coal, large - scale hydropower, municipal solid waste, integrated combined coal gasification technology, utilizing wood pulping, employing distribution generation systems, and demand - side management use.

She also authored a 2007 fact sheet on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC, or «clean» coal) used by hundreds of activists around the U.S., and helped advocates understand why «clean» coal is uneconomic and can not compete with solar, wind, biodigesters, efficiency and other technologies.

There is an immediate «path» using de-centralized (bottom / up) approaches (Dr. Ramanathan's 4 pollutants), free trade and high economic growth policies (e.g., exporting LGN and U.S. energy efficiency technology to developing economies — including IGCC coal gasification, I might add).

All three AOIs are designed to assure significant reduction in the cost of coal conversion using gasification systems, enabling gasification to both improve US economic competitiveness and provide environmental benefits across the world.

Despite the focus on oil and transportation in recent years, the significance of coal in future energy use and its role in climate change can not be overlooked, especially if coal gasification processes become widely used in the production of transport fuels (Perley, 2008).

Latest examples include solar water splitting using ferrites at 100 kWth power level [3] and subsequent scaling up to 750 kWth at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA); thermal dissociation of ZnO as part of the two - step ZnO / Zn cycle in a 140 kWth solar reactor at the MegaWatt Solar Furnace in Odeillo, France [4]; and steam gasification of low - grade coal and carbonaceous waste in a 150 kWth solar pilot plant at PSA [5].

Coal gasification, which uses heat, steam and pressure to turn coal into gas, and carbon sequestration (storing carbon underground) are showing some promise, though the processes are expensive and largely unproCoal gasification, which uses heat, steam and pressure to turn coal into gas, and carbon sequestration (storing carbon underground) are showing some promise, though the processes are expensive and largely unprocoal into gas, and carbon sequestration (storing carbon underground) are showing some promise, though the processes are expensive and largely unproven.

The most water - efficient energy sources are natural gas (though we may be just about out of it) and synthetic fuels produced by coal gasification; the least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — the biofuels just can't catch a break these days, can they?Water use winners and losers The research pair analyzed 11 types of energy sources, including coal, fuel ethanol, natural gas, and oil; and five power generating methods, including hydroelectric, fossil fuel thermoelectric, and nuclear methods; in terms of power generation, Younos and Hill have found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy types use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

Australia's Linc Energy, a developer of underground coal gasification and synthetic fuels projects, has signed an exclusive agreement with PowerHouse Energy Inc, a provider of onsite energy systems that uses fossil and renewable fuels to generate electricity and synthetic gas via the Pyromex ultra high temperature above - ground gasification (UHTG) process....

Awardees will receive approximately $ 16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon - based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels.

Eleven plants using Shell coal gasification technology, including Shell's joint venture with Sinopec in Yueyang of Hunan Province, have been started up.