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AN EXAMPLE EVALUATION OF IGCC PERFORMANCE TEST CODE ASME PTC47


Ashok K. Anand Jeff Parmar
General Electric Power Systems TUV Energy Services
Schenectady, NY 12345 Swindon Wiltshire SN5 9FZ, UK

David L. Breton Patrick Le
Global Energy Inc National Energy Technology Laboratory
Houston, TX 77002 Pittsburgh, PA 15236






ABSTRACT
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
utilizing solid and unconventional liquid fuels has now reached
commercial stage as evidenced by their world wide
construction and successful operation. The proposed ASME
Performance Test Code 47 (PTC47) provides the users and
owners of these new power plants, the guidance and
procedures on conducting a performance test and evaluate the
deviation from the performance guarantees. This paper reports
the use of PTC47 codes in evaluating the test correction
factors for the Wabash River IGCC Power Plant

INTRODUCTION
IGCC power plants have emerged as a viable
economic option for solid, waste and unconventional liquid
fuels (for example, heavy residual oil) due to their superior
thermal efficiency and environmental performance. Unlike
conventional gas turbine combined cycle power plants
fueled with natural gas or distillate oil, in most IGCC
designs, the Plant is also thermally integrated to the
gasification unit, which provides it with medium or low Btu
synthesis fuel gas. ASME Performance Test Code 47
(PTC 47) is being written to provide owners/users of IGCC
power plants, the guidance and procedures in conducting
the performance test and evaluating the deviation of its
various units from specified guarantees. PTC47 addresses
the performance test code needs of an overall IGCC as a
single block. Members of PTC47 committee have taken
the challenge to develop the codes and review the
progress in various public forums and publications (for
example Horazak et al., 1998, Horazak & Doering, 2001).
This paper describes the application of PTC 47
codes by evaluating the performance correction factors of
the Wabash River IGCC Power Plant.

TEST BOUNDARY, FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS
& REQUIRED MEASUREMENTS
The Test Boundary is an imaginary line that
surrounds the specific IGCC equipment to be tested. It is
used to identify the energy streams, which must be
measured to calculate the corrected results. The streams
required for the IGCC Plant with Air Separation Unit (ASU)
are shown in Figure 1. Solid lines indicate the mass flow
rate, thermodynamic conditions, and chemical analysis of
streams crossing the test boundary, which have to be
determined to calculate the results of the performance test.
The properties of streams indicated by the dashed lines
may be required for an energy and mass balance. Physical
properties of all input and output energy streams, required
for test calculations, must be determined with reference to
the point at which they cross the Test Boundary. Energy
streams within the Test Boundary need not be determined
unless they verify base operating conditions or they relate
functionally to conditions outside the boundary.

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Secondary
Fuel
Export Vent
Syngas Gas
Primary Fuel
Sorbent
Import HRSG
Steam Exhaust
Makeup
Water &
Condensate
Export
Steam
Net
Power
Cooling
Water/Air
Gasification
Block
Power
Block
Byproducts
Ash / Spent Sorbent
Sulfur / Sulfuric Acid
Cooling
Water/Air
PTC 47
Test
Boundary
Required for
test calculation
Not required for
test calculation
Air
Separation
Unit
Byproducts
Liquid Gases
O
2
, N
2
Vent N
2
Inlet Air

Figure 1. Typical IGCC Test Boundary

The input and output streams across the test
boundaries are listed below.
Input Streams Output Streams
Primary Fuel Net Power
Secondary Fuel Export Syngas
Import steam Export Steam
Sorbent Byproducts (multiple)
Inlet air
Makeup water & Condensate
Cooling water/air
The three major output streams Net
Power, Export Syngas and Export Steam are calculated to
evaluate the performance of an IGCC Plant. The first three
input streams are characterized as energy inputs into the
IGCC Plant test boundary, while the rest of four input
streams are accounted as correction factors.
Fundamental Equations
Outputs. An IGCC Plant comprises of multiple generating
processes: electric power, export syngas and export steam,
the fundamental performance equations for outputs include:
Net Power, Export Syngas and Export Steam as expressed in
Equations (1), (2) and (3) respectively. Each output is
calculated based on its measured value with two types of
corrections counted by additive correction factors and
multiplicative correction factors.
Corrected Net Power Pc
P
c
= [(P
m
+ AP
i
) MP
j
)], i=1,n; j=1,m (1)
where Pm is the measured total net electric power flow from
individual generators out the IGCC Plant test boundary during
the test as determined in (12). APi and MPj are the additive
and multiplicative correction factors respectively for power
generation.
Corrected Export Syngas Qsg,c
Q
sg,c
=[(Q
sg
+ AQsg
i
) MQsg
j
)], i=1,n ; j=1,m

(2)
where Qsg is the measured total energy of individual export
syngas flows out the IGCC Plant test boundary during the test
as determined based on (13). AQsgi and MQsgj are the
additive and multiplicative correction factors respectively for
each of the export syngas stream j.
Corrected Export Steam Qst,c
Q
st,c
=[ (Q
st
+ AQ
sti
) MQst
j
)], i=1,n; j=1,m

(3)
where Qst is the measured total energy of individual export
steam flows out the IGCC Plant test boundary during the test
as determined based on (14). AQsti and MQstj are the additive
correction and multiplicative correction factors respectively for
the export steam flows.
Corrected Byproduct Energy Q
byp,c
Byproducts from an IGCC plant may include ash, sulfur or
sulfuric acid, oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. Multiple byproduct
streams should be calculated separately, and combined
calculations should be avoided. The net energy output
associated is expressed as:
Q
byp,c
= [(Q
byp
+ (A
byp
,i)) M
byp,
j], i=1,n j=1,m (4)
where Qbyp,c is the corrected energy of the individual
byproduct stream. Qbyp is the measured energy of the
byproduct stream, as determined based on (15). Abyp and Mbyp
are the additive and multiplicative correction factors for
variations in byproduct stream.
Total Net Energy Output from an IGCC Plant is sum of the
results from the equations (1) thru (4).
Q
out,c =
P
c +
Q
sg,c +
Q
st,c+
Q
byp,c
( 5)
Energy Inputs. Multiple energy inputs are also a
characteristic feature of an IGCC Plant. The fundamental
performance equations for major Energy Inputs includes
Primary Fuel, Import steam and secondary fuel to the Plant
are:
Corrected Primary Fuel Input Qpf,c
Qpf,c = [(Q
pf
+ AQ
pf
i) MQ
pf
j)], i=1,n; j=1,m (6)
where Qpf is the measured total energy contained in the
Primary Fuel flows entering the Plant during the test, as
determined in (16). AQpfi and Qpfj are the additive and
multiplicative correction factors for the Primary Fuel input.
Corrected Import steam Qist,c
Q
ist,c
= [(Q
ist
+ Qist
i
) Qist
j
)], i=1,n; j=1,m

(7)
where Qist is the measured total energy of the Import steam
flows from individual steam flows into the Plant test boundary
during the test, as calculated in (17). AQist,i and !MQistj are the
additive and multiplicative correction factors for the Import
steam flows.
Corrected Secondary Fuel Input
Q
sf,c
= [(Q
sf
+ AQ
sf i
) Qsf
j
)], i=1,n; j=1,m

(8)
where Qsf is the measured total energy containing in the
secondary fuel, as determined in (18). AQsfi and MQsfj are the
additive and the multiplicative correction factors for the
secondary fuel flow.
Total Energy Input to an IGCC Plant is sum of the results
from Eqs. (6) to (8).
Q
in,c
= Q
pf,c +
Q
ist,c +
Q
sf,c
(9)
Heat Rate. Heat Rate has been traditionally used to
characterize effectiveness of energy conversion in a power
generation system. However, because IGCC Plant is
characterized by multiple energy input and multiple outputs,
heat rate may not always be indicative of IGCC Plant
performance. Heat rate for an IGCC Plant is defined as
HR = Qin,c / Pc ( 10)
Thermal Efficiency
Thermal Efficiency, th is the total net energy output ( 5)
divided by the total energy input (primary fuel, secondary fuel,
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and import steam) across the test boundary. Thermal
Efficiency defines an overall effectiveness of energy
conversion and utilization in the IGCC plant.
th = Qout,c / Qin,c (11)

Measured Parameters in the Fundamental Equations
Measured Net Power for IGCC Plant. Measured Net Power
in equation (1) for an IGCC Plant with multiple prime
generators is express as:
Pm = [Pm,n] generator - Paux. - Ptranf.loss - Pline loss (12)
where n is an individual generator.
The net power input is equal to the power generation less the
total auxiliary power consumption, transformer loss and line
loss within the test boundary.
Measured Export Syngas. Net energy output contained in
export syngas streams from the Plant is expressed as:
Q
sg
= [(W
sg,n
) (h
sg,n
)]

(13)
where n is an individual steam stream.
Syngas flow rate Wsg is directly measured and syngas
enthalpy hsg is calculated based on sensible and combustion
energy of measured syngas pressure, temperature and
composition. Qsg is an input for the equation (2).
Measured Export Steam. Net thermal heat output contained
in export steam streams from the Plant is expressed as:
Q
st
= [(W
st,n
) (h
st,n
)]

(14)
where n is an individual steam stream.
Steam flow rate Wst is directly measured and steam enthalpy
hst is calculated based on measured steam pressure and
temperature. Qst is an input for the equation (3).
Measured Byproduct Energy. Net energy output contained
in byproduct streams from the Plant is expressed as:
Q
byp
= [(W
byp
) (h
byp
)
n
] (15)
where n is an individual byproduct stream.
Byproduct flow rate Wbyp is directly measured and byproduct
enthalpy hbyp is calculated based on sensible and combustion
energy of measured byproduct pressure, temperature and
composition. Qbyp is an input for the equation (4).
Measured Primary Fuel Input. Thermal heat input from
Primary Fuel Input to the Power Block is expressed as:
Q
pf
= [(HV
pf,n
)(W
pf,n
)]

(16)
where n is an individual fuel input to the Plant. Primary Fuel
flow rate Wpf is directly measured and heating value HVpf is
calculated based on sensible and combustion energy of
measured primary fuel pressure, temperature and
composition. Qpf is an input for the equation (6).
Measured Import steam. Thermal heat input from Import
steam to the Plant is expressed as:
Q
ist
= [(W
ist,n
)(h
ist,n
)]

(17)
where n is an individual steam import. Steam flow rate Wist is
directly measured and steam enthalpy hist is calculated based
on measured steam pressure and temperature. Qist is an input
for the equation (7).
Secondary Fuel Input. Thermal heat input from Secondary
fuel(s) is expressed as:
Q
sf
= [(HV
sf,n
)(W
sf,n
)]

(18)
where n is an individual secondary fuel input. Secondary Fuel
flow rate Wsf is directly measured and heating value HVsf is
calculated based on sensible and combustion energy of
measured secondary fuel pressure, temperature and
composition. Qsf is an input for the equation (8).
TEST CORRECTION FACTORS:
Regardless of the test goals or operating mode, the
results of a Code test will be Corrected Net Power, Heat Rate
and Thermal Efficiency. The calculation of results described
by this Code requires adjusting the test determined values of
thermal input (Q) and power (P) by the application of additive
and multiplicative correction factors. These correction factors
correct for allowable variations in controllable operating
parameters and uncontrollable external effects, such as
ambient temperature.
Additive and Multiplicative correction factors applicable to
the measured parameters in Equations (1) to (4), and (6) to (8)
are expressed in Table 2:
TABLE 2 TEST CORRECTION FACTORS FOR IGCC PLANT

Additive Correction Factors. There are 13 Additive
correction factors used in the 7 fundamental performance
equations, as summarized in Table 3.
The Additive correction factors, which are not
applicable to the measured results for the specific type of plant
being tested, or to the test objectives, are simply set equal to
zero.
Multiplication Correction Factors
There are 13 Multiplicative correction factors used in
the 7 fundamental performance equations for Plant of the
IGCC Plant, as summarized in Table 4.
The Multiplication correction factors, which are not
applicable to the measured results for the specific type of plant
being tested, or to the test objectives, are simply set equal to
unit. The fundamental performance equations can be
simplified to be specific to the particular plant and test program
objectives. The format of the fundamental equations allow
decoupling of the appropriate correction effects relative to the
measured parameters, so that measured performance can be
corrected to the reference conditions. Corrections are
calculated for parameters at the test boundary different than
base reference conditions, which affect measured
performance results.


PARAMETERS Additive
Correction
Factors
Multiplicative
Correction
Factors
Net Power P P
Export Syngas Qsg Qsg
Export Steam Qst Qst
Byproduct Qbyp Qbyp
Primary Fuel Input Qpf Qpf
Import Steam Qist Qist
Secondary Fuel Input Qsf Qsf
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TABLE 3. PARAMETERS REQUIRING ADDITIVE
CORRECTION FACTORS

No. Parameter
1 Primary Fuel Input flow
2 Secondary Fuel Input flow
3 Import Steam flow rate
4 Generator(s) power factor(s).
5 Steam generator blow down different than
design.
6 Heat energy from input water / make up
water streams.
7 Ambient air flow rate at cooling tower, gas
turbine inlet and ASU unit.
8 Circulating water temperature different
than design for once-through condenser
cooling system or air-cooled condenser in
the test boundary.
9 Condenser pressure for the heat rejection
system outside the test boundary.
10 Measured power different than
predetermined or required power
11 Export Steam flow rate
12 Export Syngas flow rate
13 Byproduct streams flow rate
TABLE 4. PARAMETERS REQUIRING MULTIPLICATIVE
CORRECTION FACTORS
No. Parameter
1 Ambient temperature
2 Ambient pressure
3 Ambient humidity
4 Primary Fuel temperature
5 Primary Fuel Heating Value and property
6 Secondary Fuel Gas Heating Value and property
7 Cooling water temperature
8 Condensate water temperature
9 Export steam temperature
10 Export steam pressure
11 Byproduct stream temperature
12 Import steam temperature
13 Import steam pressure

Correction curves applied to measured performance
are calculated by a heat balance model of the thermal systems
contained within the test boundary of IGCC Plant. Each
correction factor is calculated by running the heat balance
model with a variance in only the parameter to be corrected for
over the possible range of deviation from the reference
conditions. Correction curves thus developed are incorporated
into the specific test procedure document.

EXAMPLE CASE
It is difficult to obtain any detailed performance
related data for any of the IGCC power plants due to
proprietary and confidentiality issues, and as a result, the
authors had to resort to modeling the Plant using some
data available in the public domain. A proprietary flexible
power plant simulation program called GateCycle
TM
(Enter
Software, Inc. et, al., 1998) was utilized to model the PSI
Energy Wabash River IGCC Plant located in Southwest
region of the state of Indiana, USA. The plant which came
in to commercial operation in 1995, consists of an oxygen
blown, slurry feed, two stage entrained flow gasifier, heat
recovery, dry filtration and a conventional amine based
sulfur removal to provide clean synthetic gas to the GE 7FA
gas turbine. An existing 100 MW reheat Siemens-
Westinghouse steam turbine of a PSI Energy coal fired
power plant was repowered using an HRSG utilizing the
gas turbine exhaust energy and thermal energy from
gasification plant.
The GateCycle
TM
model of the Wabash Plant was
created using the limited design and operating data
available to the PTC47 Committee based on site conditions
as shown in Table 5. The model created is similar to the
one developed for the performance testing of an IGCC
Power Block for ASME PTC47.4 (Anand and Parmar,
1999).
TABLE 5. OPERATING AND DESIGN DATA FOR
WABASH RIVER IGCC PLANT
PARAMETERS COAL
BASE
LOAD
COAL
PART
LOAD
PETCOKE
PART
LOAD
Ambient
Temperature
59 F 70 F 59 F
Relative Humidity 60% 60% 60%
Elevation 520FT 520FT 520FT
Ambient Pressure 14.43 PSIA 13.71 PSIA 14.43 PSIA
GT inlet Pressure
drop
3.5in H2O 3.5in H2O 3.5in H2O
GT Exhaust losses 14in H2O 14in H2O 14in H2O
Coal Properties( dry):
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Sulfur
Oxygen
Ash
HHV (dry)
Moisture % (as recvd)
HHV (as recvd)

70.80%
4.91%
1.30%
3.09%
8.44%
11.46%
12704Btu/lb
14.5
10951Btu/lb

70.80%
4.91%
1.30%
3.09%
8.44%
11.46%
12704Btu/lb
14.5
10951Btu/lb

87.95%
2.2%
1.10%
6.2%
1.9%
0.65%
14262Btu/lb
8.11
13103Btu/lb

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PARAMETERS COAL
BASE
LOAD
COAL
PART
LOAD
PETCOKE
PART
LOAD
Gasification Data
Flow (as recvd) tpd
Slurry Conc. Wt%
Heat Energy mmBtu/h
Oxygen95%( pure) tpd
Sulfur tpd
Product Syngas (v Dry)
Hydrogen
Carbon monoxide
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Argon
Moisture
Dry Syngas flow
Wet Syngas flow
Lower Heating Value
Higher Heating Value
Syngas Pressure to GT
Syngas Temperature to
GT

2648
63
2416
1992
65.7

32.82%
50.54%
2.85%
10.95%
1.64%
1.20%
22.72%
337.5Klb/hr
422.5Klb/hr
4006Btu/lb
4286Btu/lb
340PSIA
530F

2566
63
2341
1928
63.6

32.95%
50.49%
2.8%
10.91%
1.65%
1.20%
22.72%
327.3Klb/hr
409.9Klb/hr
4004Btu/lb
4284Btu/lb
340PSIA
480F

1969
66
2152
1835
111.1

29.14%
53.46%
0.94%
13.84%
1.46%
1.15%
21.2%
360.3Klb/hr
437.4Klb/hr
3583Btu/lb
3800Btu/lb
340PSIA
530F
Steam Injection of NOx
control
Temperature
Pressure
Flow


530F
415PSIA
111.3Klb/h


530F
415PSIA
111.3Klb/h


530F
415PSIA
111.3Klb/h
Power Generated:
Gross Power GT
Gross Power ST
Total Gross Power

192.0MW
101.9MW
293.9MW

184.66MW
95.34MW
280.0MW

192.0MW
89.9MW
281.9MW
Auxiliary Power:
Gasification Plant
Air Separation Unit
Power Block
Total Auxiliary Power

7.4MW
24.7MW
4.2MW
36.3MW

7.3MW
24.2MW
4.2MW
35.7MW

6.4MW
22.5MW
4.2MW
33.1MW
Net Power 257.6MW 244.2MW 248.8MW
Interconnect Streams
HP Steam from Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow
IP Steam to Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow
Hot BFW to Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow




609.5F
1655PSIA
498.9Klb/h

485.0F
430.0PSIA
49.9Klb/h

560.0F
1793PSIA
754.1Klb/h


609.5F
1655PSIA
480.5Klb/h

485.0F
430.0PSIA
47.9Klb/h

560.0F
1793PSIA
682.4Klb/h


600.6F
1550PSIA
334.9Klb/h

485.0F
430.0PSIA
16.3Klb/h

560.0F
1688PSIA
634.7Klb/h
PARAMETERS COAL
BASE
LOAD
COAL
PART
LOAD
PETCOKE
PART
LOAD
Cold BFW from Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow

Cold Cond. to Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow

Hot Cond. from Gasifier
Temperature
Pressure
Flow

410F
1793PSIA
121.6Klb/h


81.1F
159.0PSIA
837.3Klb/h


195.9F
151.2PSIA
873.9Klb/h

410F
1793PSIA
72.1Klb/h


84.2F
159.0PSIA
805.6Klb/h


195.9F
151.2PSIA
838.7Klb/h

450F
1688PSIA
194.Klb/h


80.7F
159.0PSIA
765.8Klb/h


165.2F
151.2PSIA
736.8Klb/h
Steam Turbine
exhaust pressure
1.7in of Hg 2.0 in of
Hg
1.7 in of Hg

The GateCycle
TM
has almost full set of standard gas
turbine models on conventional fuels now operating worldwide.
However, the GE 7FA gas turbine model for IGCC syngas fuel
operation used in this example needed some fine tuning of the
program based on the GE-provided technical performance
data. Steam Cycle component design data was tuned based
on Sargent Lundy Heat Balance for HRSG and Steam Turbine.
All the interface steam and water streams for the gasification
were modeled as sources and sinks with and their variation
modeled as macros based on data provided by Global Energy
Inc. as shown in Table 5. For the purpose of this exercise,
minor flows such as the gland steam flows and leakages were
ignored in the model. The GateCycle
TM
model of the Wabash
River Plant is shown in Figure 3. IGCC thermal performance
parameters in equations (9) through (11) were obtained using
CYCLELINK
TM
a Microsoft Excel link, in which the combined
cycle performance information derived from GATECYCLE can
be combined with modeling of Gasification Unit performance
and Air Separation Unit Power consumption based on the
technical data in Table 5.
Once the parameters of the hardware of the Plant
were fixed, several off-design cases were created to
demonstrate the impact on IGCC net power output, thermal
efficiency and net heat rate by varying such variables as the
ambient temperature, ambient pressure, cooling water
temperature and feedstock heating value. It is assumed that
the gas turbine was operating on fixed exhaust temperature.
The correction factors are represented in Figures 4 to 7.
Based on these results it appear that the correction factors for
some variables such as ambient temperature and pressure
may be linear and can be applied without the need of
extensive model. However, other correction factors such as
cooling water temperature are not linear and may require an
IGCC performance model to determine the correction factors
at off-design operating conditions. It must be emphasized that
these correction curves may differ from the ones supplied by
the Original Equipment Suppliers. The curves portrayed here
are for demonstration purposes only.


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FIGURE 3. HEAT BALANCE BASED ON WABASH REPOWERING IGCC PLANT
Issues, which require further consideration, are:
1) Lack of a complete commercially available
performance simulation computer program for an
IGCC Plant which could be used by the owner to
validate test results.
2) Validity of the additive and multiplicative nature of
various test correction factors.

CONCLUSION
The paper reports the application of test correction
method using GATECycle Software Model for PTC 47, the
performance test code for the IGCC Plant. It is found
possible to apply the procedure of test correction factors to
the specified test performance parameters (net electric
power, net thermal efficiency and net heat rate) despite the
complexity and increased numbers of test measurements
required of the input and output streams in an IGCC Plant.
It is found that some of the test correction factors such as
ambient temperature and pressure vary linearly while
others such as the test correction factor for the cooling
water temperature are not linear.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors wish to acknowledge the contribution
of the members of ASME PTC47 committee in providing
the current information on the test code equations,
procedure and methods used in this paper.

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TM
5.2 Enter Software, Inc. & Electric
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IGCC Net MW, Net Efficiency & Heat Rate vs Ambient Temperature
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
1
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
Ambient Temperature Deg F
R
e
l
a
t
i
v
e

V
a
l
u
e
IGCC NET MW
IGCC EFF. HHV
IGCC NET HR
FIGURE 4. RELATIVE CHANGE IN NET POWER, NET
THERMAL EFFICIENCY & NET HEAT RATE WITH
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE


IGCC Net MW, Net Efficiency & Heat Rate vs
Ambient Pressure
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
1
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
13.6 13.8 14 14.2 14.4 14.6 14.8
Ambient Pressure psia
R
e
l
a
t
i
v
e

V
a
l
u
e
IGCC NET MW
IGCC EFF. HHV
IGCC NET HR
FIGURE 5. RELATIVE CHANGE IN NET POWER, NET
THERMAL EFFICIENCY & NET HEAT RATE WITH
AMBIENT PRESSURE
IGCC Net MW, Net Efficiency & Heat Rate vs
Cooling Water Temperature
0.99
0.992
0.994
0.996
0.998
1
1.002
1.004
1.006
1.008
1.01
40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
Cooling Water Temperature Deg F
R
e
l
a
t
i
v
e

V
a
l
u
e
IGCC NET MW
IGCC EFF. HHV
IGCC NET HR
FIGURE 6. RELATIVE CHANGE IN NET POWER, NET
THERMAL EFFICIENCY & NET HEAT RATE WITH
COOLING WATER TEMPERATURE


IGCC Net MW, Net Efficiency & Heat Rate vs
Feedstock Heating Value
0.98
0.99
1.00
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
10500 11000 11500 12000 12500 13000 13500
Feedstock Heating Value HHV Btu/lb
R
e
l
a
t
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IGCC Net MW
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FIGURE 7. RELATIVE CHANGE IN NET POWER, NET
THERMAL EFFICIENCY & NET HEAT RATE WITH
FEEDSTOCK HEATING VALUE

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