The objectives of the work at the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) are two-fold; development of the Transport Gasifier for a wide range of US coals from high sodium lignite to Midwestern bituminous and provide a test platform to test various critical components that are likely to appear in future advanced coal-based power facilities producing power and fuels such as hydrogen with zero emissions. With regard to the development of the Transport Gasifier, this project is to test new process configurations and syngas generating systems at a pilot plant large enough to provide data for scale up to demonstration or first commercial plants having the Transport Reactor as the Gasifier. An air blown unit for power production was selected in the last CCPI round.

The PSDF is recognized by equipment vendors, process developers, generators of electric power and syngas suppliers as the best place to test new components and integrated process configurations for advanced systems. It operates in either oxygen blown or air blown modes. The PSDF will ultimately lead to a significant decrease in the cost of producing electricity and syngas from gasification of fossil fuels while meeting the stricter environmental standards that are expected in the future.

The Project Team includes Southern Company Services, KBR, Southern Research Institute, Peabody Energy, Lignite Energy Council, Siemens Power Generation, Electric Power Research Institute, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. Click here to go to the PSDF website.

The fact sheet for this project is under development.

The following is a list of public domain papers and presentations concerning the project:

Test Summary Reports

• Summary Report - Test Campaign TC22 [PDF-1.7MB] (Mar 24, 2007 - Apr 17, 2007)

Topical Reports

• TC17 Topical Report [PDF-3.7MB] (Oct 26, 2004 - Nov 18, 2004)
• TC16 Topical Report [PDF-3.8MB] (July 14, 2004 - Aug 24, 2004)
• TC15 Topical Report [PDF-3.8MB] (Apr 19 – 29, 2004)
• TC14 Topical Report [PDF-2MB] (Feb 16 – 28, 2004)
• TC13 Topical Report [PDF-4.2MB] (Sept 30, 2003 – Nov 2, 2003)
• TC12 Topical Report [PDF-6.3MB] (May 16, 2003 – July 14, 2003)
• TC11 Topical Report [PDF-4.3MB] (April 7 – 18, 2003)
• TC10 Topical Report [PDF-8.3MB] (Nov 16, 2002 – Dec18, 2002)
• TC09 Topical Report [PDF-9.6MB] (Sept 3 – 26, 2002)
• TC08 Topical Report [PDF-8.6MB] (June 9, 2002 – June 29, 2002)
• TC07 Topical Report [PDF-10MB] (Dec 11, 2001 – Apr 5, 2002)
• TC06 Topical Report [PDF-16MB] (July 4, 2001 – Sept 24, 2001)
• GCT4 Topical Report [PDF-7.7MB] (Mar 7 – 30, 2001)
• GCT3 Topical Report [PDF-6.3MB] (Dec 1, 2000 – Feb 1, 2001)
• GCT2 Topical Report [PDF-2.7MB] (Apr 10 – 27, 2000)
• GCT1 Topical Report [PDF-4.8MB] (Sept 9 – Dec 15, 1999)

Presentations and Papers

• Update on Hot Gas Filtration Testing at the Power Systems Development Facility, 32nd International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems [PDF-499KB] (June 10-15, 2007)
• Update on Gasification Testing at the Power Systems Development Facility, 32nd International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems [PDF-296KB] (June 10-15, 2007)
• Impact of CO₂ Capture on Transport Gasifier IGCC [PDF-474KB]  (May 21, 2006)
• Operation of The Transport Gasifier™ at the PSDF [PDF-178KB] (May 16, 2006)
• High-Sodium Lignite Gasification with the PSDF Transport Gasifier [PDF-135KB] (Sept 26, 2005)
• Power from PRB – Four Conceptual IGCC Plant Designs, Using the Transport Gasifier, Presented at the Twenty-Second Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference [PDF-11MB] (Sept 13, 2005)
• The PSDF – Commercial Readiness for Coal Power – Revisited [PDF-212KB] (Sept 23-27, 2002)
• Modifying Char Dustcake Pressure Drop Using Particulate Additives [PDF-89KB] (Sept 2002)
• Operation of the PSDF Transport Gasifier [PDF-244KB] (Sept 2002)
• Use of Laboratory Drag Measurements in Evaluating Hot-Gas Filtration of Char from the Transport Gasifier at the Power Systems Development Facility [PDF-64KB] (Sept 2002)
• Demonstration of Advanced Coal Conversion Processes at the PSDF [PDF-25KB] (2002)
• The PSDF – A Key Step Towards Commercial Readiness for Coal Power - An Update [PDF-182KB] (Nov 19-20, 2001)
• Instrumentation Experiences Power Systems Development Facility [PDF-597KB] (Nov 5-7, 2001)
• Development Status of the Transport Gasifier at the PSDF [PDF-476KB] (Oct 2001)
• Power Systems Development Facility Presentation [PDF-349KB] (Jan 26, 2000)