Coal-to-Chemical Plants to Tap Higher-Efficiency Technologies First Seen in IGCC

摘要

General Electric (GE) is starting to market in China a gasification-technology package first developed for U.S. integrated-gasification-combined-cycle (IGCC) applications – but now repurposed to boost efficiency in coal-to-chemicals plants. The technology package includes schemes developed for the Duke Energy IGCC power plant in Indiana, which this year is starting to ramp-up commercial operations. In a July 9 interview with Gasification News, GE gasification general manager Jason Crew and GE Gasification Engineering and Technology General Manager Delome Fair recapped some highlights of the Duke IGCC technology package – and the new focus on China coal-to-chemicals.