No.13 Outline of Osaki Coolgen Oxygen-blown IGCC Demonstration Project and State of Construction Working Progress for Demonstration Plant

Abstract

The Osaki CoolGen Project began in April 2012 as an "Integrated coal Gasification Fuel Cell combined cycle (IGFC) demonstration project" subsidized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This project aims to realize innovative low-carbon coal-fired thermal power generation that combines IGFC, an extremely efficient coal-fired thermal power generation technology, with innovative CO_2 capture technologies. The first stage of this project, to demonstrate the oxygen-blown Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), commenced its construction work in March 2013. The following will explain the project outline, focused on the first stage, which is the oxygen-blown IGCC demonstration project.