As the need for clean coal technology grows, research and development efforts for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants have increased worldwide. An IGCC plant couples a gas turbine with a gasification block. Various technical issues exist in designing the entire system. Among...

An IGCC (integrated gasification combined cycle) plant consists of a power block and a gasifier block, and a smooth integration of these two parts is important. This work has analyzed the influences of the major design options on the performance of an IGCC plant. These options include the method...