IINSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
CCTC
The Clean Coal Technologies Centre (CCTC), launched in September 2012, was established as a result of the implementation of the P0IG.02.01.00-00-165/08 Project. Its construction was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme. A research complex unique in Europe was built on an area of approx. 2 ha, consisting of laboratories and installations for research on thermal conversion of coal, biomass and alternative fuels and energy generation with minimal CO2 emissions. The research infrastructure enables comprehensive research on various scales - from basic laboratory research, through large-scale laboratory research to pilot-scale research. The Centre's installations are designed in a modular manner, i.e. they can be sequentially connected to study complex technological processes.
The most important CCTC installations
| Installation name | Efficiency |
|---|---|
| Gasification and oxycombustion of solid fuels in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed reactor | 25-125 kg/h |
| Gasification/pyrolysis of solid fuels in a pressureless circulating fluidized bed reactor | 50-200 kg/h |
| Gasification of biomass in a fixed bed | 25 kg/h |
| Fuel volume combustion chamber | 20-50 kg/h |
| Fuel conversion in a chemical loop reactor | 10 m³/h |
| Combustion of fuels in a gas turbine | 30KW |
| Drying of solid fuels | 200 kg/h |
| Cooling and purification of process gases | 450 kg/h |
| CO2 removal by amine absorption | 100 m³/h |
| Testing of low-power heating devices and solid fuels | 100 KW |
| Coal preparation unit | 1500 kg/h |
The research infrastructure also includes auxiliary facilities such as technical media installations, cooling towers, workshop facilities that allow for ongoing technical service of the installations and, if necessary, their modification, and storage areas. Control of technological processes and control of operating parameters is possible both from the installation level and remotely. The main goals of research work at the Center are: increasing the efficiency of processes, reducing the ecological burden generated by processes and improving the economics of processes.
Contact
Jarosław Zuwała
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
