Current Power Generation

Project 2.5 - Process modelling tools for coal utilization

Project Description
Knowledge of the melting behaviour of the coal mineral matter and information on stability of the liquid slag and solid oxide phases is utilised in a wide range of applications. This project will continue the development of thermodynamic databases required to predict the high temperature behaviour of coal mineral matter.

To fully understand, interpret and predict a variety of processes occurring during coal power generation it is essential to know the presence, proportion and composition of the liquid slag (molten oxides) and the solid phases as a function of the minerals composition, temperature and atmosphere (reducing/oxidising).

F*A*C*T is one of the leading software products in the world for oxide slag systems. This project develops for F*A*C*T thermodynamic databases for the oxide systems relevant to coal ash and provides the expertise to apply such knowledge to support the optimization of current coal power generation technologies and the development of the technologies of the future.

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Project Leader:

Prof Peter C. Hayes

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