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Reference Number
DTI/CC/201
Title
Metallic Filters for Hot Gas Cleaning
Status
Completed
Energy Categories

Other Power and Storage Technologies (Electric power conversion)

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal (Coal, Coal combustion)

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal (Oil and Gas, Oil and gas combustion)

Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Mr JE Oakey
School of Applied Sciences
Cranfield University
Award Type
3
Funding Source
DTI
Start Date
01 February 2001
End Date
01 January 2003
Duration
23 months
Total Grant Value
£27,200
Industrial Sectors
Region
East of England
Programme
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Mr JE Oakey, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University
Other Investigator
Project Contact, Microfiltrex Ltd
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Objectives
  • To improve metallic filter media for high temperature applications in aggressive environments.
  • To design a prototype element for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and Air Blown Gasification Cycle (ABGC) applications.
  • To produce a filter element life prediction model for gasification environments.
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Abstract

Advanced power generation systems, based on gasification, are being developed. Hot gas cleaning technologies for gasification systems offer the potential of a lower cost approach to pollutant control and gas turbine protection, leading to simpler cycle configurations with associated efficiency advantages. The unreliability of the ceramic filter elements used in demonstration trials and the high capital cost of these systems have hindered their application and are factors restricting the uptake of gasification power plants in general. The successful development of a durable metallic filter system for the ABGC would be a major step towards its implementation.

Metallic filter media provide a number of significant advantages over ceramics. In order to realise fully the cost and environmental advantages, it is essential that the systems provide not only efficient contaminant removal but also have the reliability and availability required of the overall system. It is now apparent that reliable, lower cost filter systems can be operated using metallic filter media, provided improved materials selection and advanced fabrication methods are developed.

This project investigated the performance of candidate materials for the construction of metallic filter media.

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