BIOMASS COGASIFICATION AT POLK POWER STATION
Part of a closed loop biomass crop was recently harvested to produce electricity in Tampa Electric's Polk Power Station Unit No.1. No technical impediments to incorporating a small percentage of biomass into Polk Power Station's fuel mix were identified. Appropriate dedicated storage and handling equipment would be required for routine biomass use. Polk Unit No.1 is an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant. IGCC is a new approach to generating electricity cleanly from solid fuels such as coal, petroleum coke, The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the Polk Unit No.1 could process biomass as a fraction of its fuel without an adverse impact on availability and plant performance. The biomass chosen for the test was part of a crop of closed loop Eucalyptus trees.
- Research Organization:
- Tampa Electric Company (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG26-01NT41365
- OSTI ID:
- 823831
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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