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10 GOOD THINGS ABOUT COAL GASIFICATION

The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Gasification
Eastman Gasification Service Company
Kingsport, Tennessee 37662

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1. GASIFICATION COVERTS COAL AND OTHER DOMESTIC FEED STOCKS INTO VERY CLEAN USABLE GAS.

2. GASIFICATION IS THE CLEANEST OF ALL COMMERCIAL COAL BASED TECHNOLOGIES.
WHEN USED FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, GASIFICATION CAN PRODUCE NEAR ZERO AIR EMISSIONS ALONG WITH LOW COLLATERAL PRODUCTION OF SOLID WASTE AND WASTE WATER ( CAN BE NEAR ZERO-DISCHARGE). SULFUR. SLAG (FROM ASH COMPONENTS), AND EVEN CARBON DIOXIDE CAN BE RECOVERED AS RELATIVELY PURE OR INERT BY-PRODUCTS WITH PRODUCTIVE USES IN APPLICATIONS SUCH AS FERTILIZERS, BUILDING MATERIALS AND OR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY.

3. GASIFICATION HELPS CONSERVE VALUABLE WATER RESOURCES.
GASIFICATION USES APPROXIMATELY 30-40% LESS WATER TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC POWER FROM COAL COMPARED TO OTHER COAL BASED GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES.

4. GASIFICATION CAN READILY REMOVE VOLATILE MERCURY

5. GASIFICATION IS A PROVEN AND RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY.
GASIFICATION HAS BEEN PROVEN AT OVER A HUNDRED GLOBAL SITES, INCLUDING OVER A DOZEN GASIFICATION-BASED POWER SITES.
THE FIRST AND THE LONGEST-RUNNING COMMERCIAL COAL GASIFIER IN THE U.S. WAS BUILT IN 1983 BY EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY TO PRODUCE CHEMICALS FROM COAL. THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION-SCALE COAL GASIFICATION BASED POWER GENERATING FACILITY IN THE U.S. WAS BUILT IN 1984, MAKING THE TECHNOLOGY OVER TWENTY YEARS OLD.

6. GASIFICATION COSTS ARE BECOMING INCREASING COMPETITIVE
BECAUSE OF SUSTAINED HIGH AND VOLATILE NATURAL GAS PRICES, ALL COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ATTRACTIVE.

7. GASIFICATION PROVIDES THE LOWEST-COST APPROACH FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE.

8. GASIFICATION IS A VERY FLEXIBLE AND VERSATILE TECHNOLOGY.
GASIFICATION HAS POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF SINGLE OR MULTIPLE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL POWER, STEAM, CHEMICALS, FERTILIZERS, ULTRA-CLEAN FUELS, AND/OR HYDROGEN. IN FACT, ALMOST ANY BASIC PRODUCT PRODUCED CURRENTLY FROM REFINERIES OR FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS CONVERSION CAN ALSO BE PRODUCED FROM GASIFICATION.

9. GASIFICATION PROVIDES THE ONLY FEASIBLE BRIDGE TO A HYDROGEN ECONOMY BASED ON COAL.
GASIFICATION DIRECTLY CONVERTS COAL AND WATER INTO HYDROGEN. WHILE OTHER COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES DEPEND ON FIRST CREATING ELECTRICITY FROM THE COAL WHICH IS THEN USED TO ELECTROLYTICALLY SEPARATE HYDROGEN FROM WATER ( A LESS EFFICIENT ROUTE THAN DIRECT CONVERSION).

10. GASIFICATION IS ALREADY A PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
PRODUCTS THAT YOU USE EVERYDAY ARE CURRENTLY MADE USING COAL GASIFICATION, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS ELECTRIC POWER, PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM,
TOOTHBRUSH AND SREW DRIVER HANDLES, MENDING TAPE, PAIN RELIEVERS ,ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS, AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS, AND PHARMACEUTICALS.