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Research and Markets: Market Analysis - Gasification of Coal and Its Importance in the Power Sector

Posted on: Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 09:09 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67339) has announced the addition of Market Analysis-Gasification of Coal and its Importance in the Power Sector to their offering.

Coal gasification is a process for converting coal partially or completely to combustible gases. After purification, these gases - carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane, and nitrogen - can be used as fuels or as raw materials for chemical or fertilizer manufacture. From the early 19th century until the 1940s almost all fuel gas distributed for residential or commercial use in the United States was produced by the gasification of coal or coke. In the 1940s, the growing availability of low-cost natural gas led to its substitution for gases derived from coal. Interest in coal gasification has been renewed, however, with recent predictions that natural gas reserves in the United States will begin to diminish by 1980.

Coal gasification offers one of the most versatile and cleanest ways to convert coal into electricity, hydrogen, and other energy forms. The first coal gasification electric power plants are now operating commercially in the United States and in other nations, and many experts predict that coal gasification will be at the heart of the future generations of clean coal technology plants for several decades into the future. For example, at the core of the US Department of Energy's FutureGen power plant of the future will be an advanced coal gasifier.

The capability to produce electricity, hydrogen, chemicals, or various combinations while eliminating nearly all air pollutants and potential greenhouse gas emissions makes coal gasification one of the most promising technologies for the energy plants of tomorrow. The Market Analysis - Gasification of Coal & Its Importance in the Power Sector - offers valuable insight into this rapidly evolving sector and analyzes the industry on a microscopic level. The report focuses on a basic overview of the coal market, an introduction to the process of coal gasification, clean coal technologies, technological factors associated with the procedure, regulatory frameworks, the commercial usage of coal gasification, statistics of coal-fired power plants, and much more. The report focuses on the industry from both the commercial application of this technology as well as the environmental and reliability aspect of the same. The Market Analysis - Gasification of Coal & Its Importance in the Power Sector - is the complete information solution to this highly beneficial technology and the overall industry.

Content Outline:

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. OVERVIEW OF THE COAL MARKET

III. INTRODUCTION TO GASIFICATION OF COAL

IV. GASIFICATION OF COAL - TECHNOLOGICAL OVERVIEW

V. COMMERCIALIZATION OF COAL GASIFICATION

VI. GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION

VII. PROFILES AND PROJECTS OF MAJOR COMPANIES

VIII. APPENDIX AND GLOSSARY

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

Companies Mentioned:

- AFC Coal Properties

- Air Liquide America

- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

- Allied Syngas Corporation

- American Electric Power

- Aramco Services Company

- Bechtel Corporation

- Black & Veatch Corporation

- BOC Gases

- Boeing, Rocketdyne Propulsion

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67339

Source: Business Wire

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