Praxair Seeks US DOE Funding for Demonstration of Oxy-Coal Technology
Posted on: Friday, 22 August 2008, 09:00 CDT
Industrial gases company Praxair has announced that it will submit a proposal, in response to a funding opportunity recently issued by the US Department of Energy's Clean Coal Power Initiative, to demonstrate oxy-coal technology designed to capture CO2 emissions from both new and existing coal-fired electricity generating plants.
If successful, the demonstration project would be the first of its kind in the US, integrating several tested technologies for the first time, the company said. The Department of Energy (DOE) is making available up to $340 million to be distributed among selected recipients.
The DOE will consider co-operative agreements between the government and the industry to demonstrate, at commercial scale, new technologies that capture CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants and either sequester the CO2 or put it to beneficial use. Applications are due to the DOE by January 15, 2009.
The primary site for the demonstration project is the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities in Jamestown, New York. Over the past year, Praxair has been working with an alliance of industrial, engineering and academic partners to define the scope of the Jamestown project which would involve construction of a new 50MW circulating fluidized bed (CFB) plant.
The proposed project would integrate Praxair's oxy-coal technology with a CFB boiler generating system to be supplied by engineering firm Foster Wheeler. Praxair would provide oxygen supply facilities; oxygen mixing and injection technology; the downstream CO2 capture and gas-processing equipment; and overall integration of control systems with the power systems.
Charles McConnell, Praxair's vice president for oxy-coal and gasification, said: "We are confident that our proposal will meet the DOE's goal to demonstrate, at a commercial scale, advanced coal-based, carbon-capture technologies. Demonstration projects such as these are fundamental to advancing the technology and know-how necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Datamonitor
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