PROCESS OVERVIEW
COAL TO GAS .. GAS TO DIESEL .. GAS TO POWER
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) clean coal technology is a proven underground combustion process, which produces a synthetic gas or syngas at the surface that can be economically used for a variety of purposes including:
- Production of liquid fuels using Coal To Liquids technology
- Electricity generation using gas turbines / combined cycles
- As feedstock in different petrochemical processes
UCG clean coal technology has been successfully operating commercially at a number of sites in the ex-Soviet Union for more than 40 years, where two plants are still in operation. In this application the syngas is used primarily for power generation and heating.
Linc Energy through an extensive R&D programme, which included government support, has developed a benchmark UCG facility at Chinchilla in Queensland, Australia. This is the first facility of its kind to have achieved sustained success in the western world.
Linc Energy´s long term business plan is to use the syngas produced via UCG as feedstock to an adjacent on-site Coal To Liquids (CTL) plant with a target production capacity of 20,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day (20,000 BPD). Most importantly, the diesel fuel produced from Linc´s syngas will be a cleaner alternative to conventional refinery diesel.
Additionally, Linc Energy´s long term business plan is to use the syngas produced via UCG as feedstock in a Gas Turbine or Combined Cycle plant to generate much-needed and more environmentally friendly electricity.
Bringing together the unique production processes of UCG clean coal technology and CTL presents exciting opportunities for the future of the company and the country. Linc´s syngas is a much cheaper feedstock for the CTL process than traditional sources such as Natural Gas or Coal Gas derived from above ground coal gasification.
The unique advantage is that Linc can produce its syngas directly from the coal seam and then feed the output straight into the CTL Plant and Power Plant planned for the Chinchilla site.
The innovative thinking that has led to this unique process combination has the potential to make Linc Energy one of the world´s leading producers and suppliers of ultra-clean liquid fuels. This has an added advantage of helping address the insatiable global demand for diesel and other liquid fuels.
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