Coal & Advanced Energy Research Corporation -- TrueFuel -- IGCC

"TrueFuel™ is the Answer"

Coal is the cheapest major form of energy, but it pollutes when burned. Various things have been tried over the years to improve this condition. The latest technology for clean coal is coal gasification, integrated gasification combined cycle or IGCC.

Coal Gasification

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. At present, except for by-product gas from the manufacture of coke, no coal

gasification plants of any appreciable output are in operation in the United States. Many

plants, however, are in operation in other countries that have no reserves of natural gas or

petroleum.

Nevertheless, some companies are going ahead with coal-gasification projects in

anticipation of more stringent air-quality laws. The law will require power producers

to reduce overall emissions, which can be achieved by offsetting their dirtiest

plants with a few very clean ones.

Our new technology is specifically designed to handle coal in a cost-effective manner.