UOP, a Honeywell company, has announced that its technology has been selected by Powerfuel Power to capture and remove contaminants from synthesis gas made from coal for a new clean coal power station in the UK.
The UOP Selexol process technology has been selected to remove sulfur and CO2 from synthesis gas (syngas) in order to meet aggressive environmental targets for Powerfuel’s Hatfield Colliery clean coal power station to be built in Stainforth, South Yorkshire.
The integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant, built adjacent to the Hatfield coal mining operation, is scheduled to start operation in 2013 and use syngas from coal to generate 900MW of power.
Powerfuel’s new facility will be the first clean-power coal station in Europe and is designed for up to 90% overall carbon capture.
UOP’s Selexol process uses a physical solvent to remove acid gas from streams of syngas or natural gas. In the new Hatfield plant, the Selexol unit will remove virtually all sulfur species and contain them for further treatment in a sulfur removal unit. The unit will also remove 97% of the CO2 contained in the syngas, a key contribution to overall carbon capture of the facility.
