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Preparing a
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This library is designed to help guide high school and
college-level students who seek to learn more about coal
gasification and the generation of electricity in integrated
gasification combined cycle (IGCC) powerplants. These are very
exciting subjects and we are pleased to assist you in your
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Preparing a Research
Report on Gasification |
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There is a treasure-trove of information about gasification and
IGCC power production available through the Internet. However,
as you may have already discovered, this information is buried
within dozens of different Web sites. Clean-energy.us was
created to help bring a little order to this chaos. Here's some of
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Unfortunately, there are not a lot of good survey works
(either for technical or general audiences). If you want a broad introduction to gasification
and IGCC technologies, we recommend: |
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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Technology -
Its Actual Application in Spain, Manuel Coca
(Elcogas), 2003 (96 pages).
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Fortunately, there is a comprehensive report on the environmental benefits of IGCC
technology, prepared by SAIC under contract to the U.S. Department of
Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory: |
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Major Environmental Aspects of
Gasification-Based Power Generation Technologies,
Jay Ratafia-Brown, Lynn Manfredo, Jeff Hoffman, and
Massood Ramezan (all Science Applications International
Corp.) December 2002, (270 pages).
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Three important studies released in 2004 discuss the market
barriers to widespread deployment of IGCC in the United
States: |
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Coal-Based Integrated Coal Gasification Combined
Cycle: Market Penetration Recommendations and Strategies,
Richard Aiken, Kenneth Ditzel, Frank Morra, and David
Wilson (all Booz Allen Hamilton), September 2004, (100
pages).
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Deploying IGCC in this Decade with 3Party Covenant
Financing, William Rosenberg, Dwight Alpern, and
Michael Walker (Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University), (106 pages). August 2004.
Summary
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An Analysis of the Institutional
Challenges to Commercialization and Deployment of IGCC
technology in the U.S. Electric Industry, John
O'Brien and Joel Blau (Global-Change Associates), March 2004
(112 pages).
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The gasification industry is represented by a nonprofit
trade association -- the Gasification Technologies
Council -- located in the Washington, D.C. area { www.gasification.org
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GTC and EPRI jointly sponsor the industry's premier
annual conference and the GTC maintains a library of
technical papers and PowerPoint presentations. The most
recent documents in this library are available to the
public through the GTC Web site. The following
documents are highly recommended: |
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Industry In Transition - 2004 World Gasification
Survey, James Childress (Gasification Technologies
Council), 2004 Gasification Technology Conference,
October 3, 2004 (15 pages).
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Coal-Based IGCC Plants - Recent Operations and
Lessons Learned, Neville Holt (EPRI), 2004
Gasification Technology Conference, October 3, 2004
(13 pages).
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Resources Available on this Web
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As stated above, clean-energy.us aims to be a definitive source
of news and information about coal gasification. Students are
urged to explore all of this site's nooks and crannies. Here is
some of what you will find: |
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News & Opinion. We regularly search the Internet
for news stories about coal gasification, clean coal
technologies, and other subjects. We report on industry
and government developments worldwide and provide news
about coal-based IGCC projects under active development.
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Information Database. We have examined and
indexed hundreds of gasification-related documents.
These documents run the gamut from technical papers
presented at recent coal, gasification, and electric
power conferences to documents obtained through
regular, exhaustive Internet searches.
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Facts. We believe that coal gasification is best
understood when viewed from a broad energy context.
Therefore, we have included within this Web site some
basic facts about: coal, natural gas, electricity,
gasification, and IGCC power. (Facts about the
environment are forthcoming.)
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Success Stories. We have written several case
studies that provide basic information about coal
gasification and IGCC projects in current operation here
in the United States and around the world.
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Sources. We have organized our sources of
information in a manner that makes it easy to pursue
additional research. We routinely check these links, but
since the Internet is an ever-evolving space we provide
no guarantees!
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international copyright law. The copyright owner is Fred H.
Hutchison, unless otherwise noted. All rights are reserved by
their respective authors. |
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