Coal mining companies deny the existence of technology that cuts the amount of coal needed to produce electricity.
"The renowned scientist Dr. Samar
Mubarakmand who is head of the Thar Coal Gasification Project ... was participating and Chairing the Clean Coal conference held here on October 23 and 24 to mark the World Clean Coal Week."
“The Future of Asia: Be Innovative” - Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe at the Banquet of the 21st International Conference on the Future
of Asia
Thursday, May 21, 2015
"...efficiency jumps remarkably through the use of the latest technologies
for the combustion of gasified coal. ...
By utilizing gasification technology, brown coal,
which until now has been regarded as unfit for coal-fired thermal power,
will become a promising resource.
...
By introducing Japanese gasification technology to Mongolia, your vast
resources of brown coal dormant in the ground of Mongolia will become a
treasure trove."
Special Feature. Dawn of a New Era for Coal. Clean Production of Energy Using IGCC (Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle)
"Integrated coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) is a coal-based power
generation technology that achieves the twin objectives of reduced CO2
emissions and increased efficiency by "gasifying" the coal and then
using a gas turbine and a steam turbine in a two-stage generation
process.
MHI has been researching and developing this technology since
the 1980s. It has accumulated numerous proprietary technologies and
demonstrated their reliability primarily with test operations at an
enormous IGCC demonstration plant. The demonstration plant quite
successfully finished the test operations, satisfying all targets set.
With its capabilities highly evaluated through the series of test
operations, the decision was made to convert it to a commercial plant
owned by a utility company and to commence commercial operations in June
2013. This marks the long-awaited practical application of a pioneering
technology that will open a new era for the effective use of coal.
...
MHI has committed every possible technology towards the pursuit of the
IGCC plant's efficiency. As well as combining gas and steam turbines
with a highly efficient energy-converting gasifier, MHI also makes use
of the discharged heat to avoid waste.
This mechanism delivers 10-15 percent better thermal efficiency
than a state-of-the-art coal-fired conventional thermal power plant
(ultra-supercritical coal-fired thermal power plant: USC). Because it
can provide the same amount of power as a USC but using less fuel, it
also cuts CO2 emissions by about 10-15 percent. This puts it on a par with oil-fired thermal power plants in terms of emissions.
...
The IGCC plant is a complex system that combines a gasifier, a gas turbine, a steam turbine and other interconnected equipment.
It is a testimony to MHI's advanced design and engineering
skills that the plant succeeds in harnessing them together into an
efficient and reliable working unit. Within just a year of its start,
the Nakoso demonstration plant had racked up 2,238 hours of continuous
operation.
This unparalleled achievement owes its speedy progress to the smooth interaction of the plant's various equipment.
IGCC is expected to spawn new technologies in the future. There
is a real prospect of a MHI power plant achieving thermal efficiency of
over 65 percent when it launches the J-Series gas turbine"
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