Evaluation Of Cleaner Coal Plant Operability - Analysis of the benefits of operational flexibility: Project Summary

Abstract:

<p>The objectives of this project are: <bl> <li>To develop a model that allows the value of operational flexibility (or the cost of inflexible plant) to be calculated.</li> <li>To apply that model for typical plant data for coal-fired integrated gasification combined cycle plant and conventional PF plant to calculate the benefits of operational flexibility.</li> <li>To apply the model to Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant with varying levels of integration (which affects start-up times) and also to optional hydrogen production.</li> </bl></p> <p>This project was set up by E.ON to investigate ways of putting a monetary cost to plant inflexibility. The project was undertaken in collaboration with UMISTs Department of Process Integration, who are world leaders in the science of process optimisation and who possess the necessary optimisation and computing expertise. The DTIs interest is primarily because of the importance of this subject to IGCC; however, the issue is of general applicability to all types of generating technology.</p> This summary provides information on: <bl> <li>Objectives</li> <li>Summary</li> <li>Background</li> <li>Methodology</li> <li>Hydrogen Co-Production</li> <li>Results</li> <li>Conclusions</li> <li>Cost</li> <li>Duration</li> <li>Contractor</li> <li>Collaborators</li> </bl>

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