The integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant IGCC

The integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant (IGCC) 

In the plant, coal is ground and mixed with water to form a slurry and this is fed to the gasifier through a burner, in which partial combustion takes place with oxygen (supplied from a separate plant). During gasification the coal a.sh is melted into a slag, quenched with water and removed as a solid. 

Some 20 IGCC plants, in various forms, some with other gasifiers but most using oxygen, are now operating or are in the process of construction. Modifications of the IGCC plant to sequestrate the carbon dioxide produced will be discussed in Chapter 8. 

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