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Gas Turbine Handbook : Principles and Practices

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Case Study #1 229<br />

Chapter 14<br />

Case Study #1<br />

Case study #1 addresses the conversion of coal to a gaseous<br />

fuel via a coal gasification process; <strong>and</strong> then application of<br />

combined cycle technology to the production of power utilizing<br />

the coal gas. This integrated gasification-combined-cycle (IGCC)<br />

system was installed at the Sierra Pacific Power Company’s Piñon<br />

Pine Power Plant.<br />

INTEGRATION OF AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GAS<br />

TURBINE IN AN AIR BLOWN GASIFIER<br />

By:<br />

Julian D. Burrow Engineer, MS6001FA GT/CC New Products.<br />

General Electric Industrial <strong>and</strong> Power Systems<br />

1 River Road Schenectady, NY 12345<br />

with acknowledgment to T.A. Ashley <strong>and</strong> R.A. Battista<br />

<strong>and</strong>: John W. Motter<br />

Director of Technology Management<br />

Sierra Pacific Power Company<br />

P.O. Box 10100<br />

Reno, Nevada 89520<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The Piñon Pine IGCC project is an 800-ton-per-day air-blown<br />

integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant to be located at<br />

Sierra Pacific Power Company’s (SPPCo) Tracy Station near Reno,<br />

Nevada. The project is being partially funded under the DOE Clean<br />

Coal Technology IV program. SPPCo will own <strong>and</strong> operate the plant<br />

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