Clean and Secure Energy from Coal_Adel Sarofim - NT0005015.pdf

Clean and Secure Energy from Coal Contract Number: DE-NT0005015 Principal Investigator: Philip J. Smith, Director, Institute for Clean and Secure Energy DOE support: $2,585,715 University of Utah Cost Share: $646,679 Total Support: $3,232,394 Contract Period: October 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011 Program Objectives Major thrust is the use of complementary theoretical and experimental studies to provide simulation tools with error quantification, in order to reduce time to and risk in commercialization. The problems under study are: •The impact of CO2 on flame stability, ash transformation, NOx and SOx emissions for both pulverized and fluidized bed oxyfuel combustion •The entrained-flow gasification of coal with emphasis on coal pyrolyis, soot formation, char and soot burnout and slag/refractory interactions •Chemical looping combustion for solid fuels with ASPEN system modeling and CFD detailed modeling •Underground coal thermal treatment to gasify/liquefy coal in-situ with capture of CO2 in the residual char • CO2 sequestration with experimental in-house studies of kinetics of CO and SO reactions with rock formations. 2 2 The above technical activities are complemented by policy and legal studies assessing regulatory gaps in CCS. Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling Edward M. Eyring, Gabor Konya, JoAnn Lighty, Asad Sahir, Adel F. Sarofim, Kevin Whitty Institute for Clean and Secure Energy University of Utah Salt Lake City 2010 NETL CO2 Capture Technology Meeting Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA September 15, 2010 Outline • Definition of Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC), its benefits, and differences between CLOU and CLC • O