Abstract
The OSAKI CoolGen Project is being implemented by OSAKI CoolGen Corporation, which was founded in July 2009 under joint funding by the Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER). This project aims to realize innovative low-carbon, coal-fired thermal power generation that combines an Integrated Coal Gasification Fuel Cell Combined Cycle (IGFC), an extremely efficient coal-fired thermal power generation technology, with CO_2 capture technologies, thus drastically reducing the CO_2 that is emitted from coal-fired thermal power generation. The demonstration project has been planned in three steps. The first step will implement demonstration tests of the Oxygen-Blown Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), which is the base technology for IGFC. Towards the start of demonstration testing in FY 2016, civil work was started in March 2013 and equipment and electrical work was started in June 2014. In the second step, we plan to carry out demonstration testing of the oxygen-blown IGCC of the first step with a CO_2 capture unit added. In the third and final step, we plan to demonstrate an IGFC system combining the demonstration plant of the second step with a fuel cell. The following will explain the project outline, focused on the first step, which is the oxygen-blown IGCC demonstration project.
