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Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) is an alternative energy, hydrogen power project in development with support from the U.S. Department of Energy in Kern County, California. The facility will convert coal and refinery waste into an impure hydrogen fuel that will be used to generate electricity and fertilizer. HECA will capture ninety percent of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to theoretically minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and inject it, ironically, for enhanced oil recovery. When fully operational, HECA will generate nearly 300MW of clean electricity and will produce one million tons of locally manufactured, low-carbon fertilizer. Most of the electricity produced by HECA will be consumed by the different processes at the plant. HECA will produce over 500 tons of criteria air pollutants. This air pollution will be added to an area that already has the worst air pollution in the entire United States. The facility will be located on of prime farmland in western Kern County, about west of Bakersfield and northwest of the unincorporated community of Tupman. The site is near the Elk Hills Oil Field where the captured CO2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery by Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc. HECA will employ an expected 2,000 union workers to construct the facility and will create approximately 200 permanent jobs. HECA is a project of SCS Energy LLC, an independent developer of clean power. HECA is cofunded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The HECA project was awarded a $408 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy under Clean Coal Power Initiative Round 3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Major Demonstrations: Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) )〕 ==Process== The HECA project will be an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) facility using Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s oxygen–blown gasifier technology. IGCC technology allows for highly efficient power generation with minimal emissions. IGGC facilities, including HECA, are different from conventional fossil fueled power generation plants in that there is no combustion of the actual fossil fuels. Instead, HECA converts, through gasification, a blend of recycled petroleum coke, a low value by-product that comes from oil refining, and coal to manufacture hydrogen fuel. The clean burning hydrogen fuel will be used for two purposes: to generate low-carbon electricity; and to produce approximately one million tons of low-carbon fertilizer per year. A Rectisol acid gas removal system will separate and capture more than ninety percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced during the hydrogen manufacturing process. Most of the captured CO2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery at the nearby Elk Hills Oil Field, enabling the production of millions of additional barrels of domestic oil, a 10-20% increase in the amount of oil recovered. Some of the CO2 will be used in the manufacturing of fertilizer. The project will use brackish groundwater for its process water needs and will have a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system in order to protect and conserve local freshwater sources. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hydrogen Energy California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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