Clean Coal technologies - securing the future for coal?

Dr. Johannes HeithoffVice President Research and DevelopmentRWE Power

CCT 2009 - Dresden 20 May 2009

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Clean Coal technologies incl. CCS are key options for the necessary cut in gobal GHG emissions

Source: IEA report "Meeting the Challenges"

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The Clean Coal Power Strategy must be enhanced

Sustainable mining

CO2 use

CO2 infrastructureFeedstock substitute for oil and gas

Inclusion of

biomass

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State-of-the-art generation technology to replace or retrofit existing plants

Topping gas turbines, Weisweiler

BoA 2&3, Neurath Hard coal, Westfalen

CCGT, Lingen

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700°C power plant

WTA®, Niederaussem

Efficiency improvement as a no-regret strategy

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Alstom's chilled ammonia process at AEP's Mountaineer plant

RWE, BASF, Linde post-combustion at Niederaussem

Carbon capture and storage Competition in post-combustion technology is beneficial

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RWE's integrated lignite-based IGCC-CCS project in an advanced state

Pipelin

e

Storage region

Power plant

WTA lignite pre-dryingGasification

CCGT plant

Gas treatment, carbon capture

Air separation

RWE DeaRWE Power

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Product routes of coal for oil and gas substitutes

Source: DGMK/Dechema

CoalCoal Power and steam

generation

Iron and steel pro- duction

Plasma pyrolysis Plasma

pyrolysisCarbonization

(coke production) Carbonization

(coke production)Hydro-

pyrolysis Hydro-

pyrolysisHydrogenationHydrogenation ExtractionExtraction GasificationGasification

CokeCoke CoaltarCoaltar Coke oven gas

Coke oven gas

Pyrolysis oil

Pyrolysis oil

MethaneMethane Coal oilCoal oil Coal extracts Coal

extractsSynthesis

gas Synthesis

gas

AcetyleneAcetylene

Carbon productsCarbon products Chemical feedstocks, motor fuelsChemical feedstocks, motor fuels

Further processing Further

processingTreatmentTreatment Hydro-

formylation Hydro-

formylationFischer- Tropsch

synthesis

Fischer- Tropsch

synthesis

Methanol synthesis Methanol synthesis

with CCS

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Pilot algae plant, Niederaussem Technical photosynthesis

Complementary CO2 use

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