Advanced gas purification technologies for co-gasification of coal, refineryby-products, biomass and waste, targeted to clean power produced from gas andsteam turbine generator sets and fuel cells (Agapute) : final report

The objective of the project was to improve cleaning technologies, to be modelled, validated, interlinked in optimised processes and economically assessed for application to syngas, considering the enlargement of the fuel panorama. The work was organised in two main lines. The first line focused on the improvement of purification technologies, carried out at two levels : (a) development of better performing models ; (b) scientific advancement on improved and innovative technologies. Level (a) activities carried out in WP3, interlinked with WP1-2 and WP13-16, produced a repository containing relevant techno-economic details about various gasification process scenarios. Level (b) activities were the subject of WP4-12. Although valuable scientific advancements have been reached, as demonstrated by published material in archived journals, their techno-economic impact in actual gasification processes has been achieved in only a few cases, mainly because this advanced knowledge could only be tested at the laboratory scale. The second line refers to the modelling, validation and techno-economic evaluation of optimised process schemes for gas cleaning, targeted at enhancing the industrial design of gasification processes at a preliminary stage. WP13 created and validated an innovative superstructure for modelling and simulating gasification processes that is supported by a modular software toolset (WP13-16), open to new features, standards-compliant, interoperable and allows for future development. A versatile simulation and optimisation toolkit was carried out for the first time for the preliminary design of new process alternatives, the redesign of existing ones and improvement of the operating conditions of real plants. However, further development is needed for commercial use.