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Dept of Trade and Industry

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Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on Clean Coal projects in each year since 2000 broken down by project; and what the estimated spending for 2004 is. [175587] Mr. Timms: Spend on clean coal (R&D) programmes since 2000 is indicated as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 (Accruals) 2000-01 1,889 2001-02 1,702 2002-03 1,979 2003-04 1,090 2004-05 estimated 1,168 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The following table shows the breakdown by project. Projects (R&D) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cleaner coal R&D 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Total programme (cash flow) Pulverised fuel -- -- 65,155 -- -- 65,155 meters--split control Advanced materials, 188,410 -- 211,854 145,210 163,540 709,014 modelling and lifting technologies for gas turbine components Development of a -- -- 219,365 -- 94,140 313,505 combustor strategy to cover a wide range of calorific values Novel gas cleaning/heat -- 28,560 24,762 -- 47,900 101,222 recovery system Materials for gasifier -- 9,390 25,275 -- 15,290 49,955 heat exchangers Concurrent measurements 31,910 -- 38,091 -- 70,001 of temperature and soot concentration of coal fired combustion flames Coal mineral -- 99,300 33,100 -- 66,200 198,600 transformations--effects on boiler ash Advanced monitoring -- -- 68,546 -- 45,910 114,456 using imaging for combustion in power station boilers Advanced coal modelling -- 37,600 -- 10,506 -- 48,106 Improved materials for -- 210,940 536,103 129,957 310,970 1,187,970 advanced PF boilers and steam turbines Optimisation of furnace -- 50,590 76,195 -- 126,785 design for in-furnace NOx reduction Combustion of low -- 97,620 -- -- -- 97,620 volatile coals in wall fired plant Optimisation of furnace -- 97,500 -- -- -- 97,500 mixing to enhance combustion efficiency in advanced low NOx systems Improvement in -- -- 239,428 -- 201,770 441,198 combustion efficiency in utility boilers Advanced optimisation of 3,100 7,347 -- -- 20,550 30,997 coal fired power plant operations Techno-economic -- 17,280 -- 15,030 17,690 50,000 evaluation of cleaner coal fired plant operability Modelling of particulate -- -- 19,926 13,653 56,710 90,289 and vapour deposition in gas turbines fired on coal derived gases Fabricated turbine -- 27,690 102,364 34,630 -- 164,684 rotors for advanced steam turbines Metallic filters for hot -- -- 7,690 -- 21,310 29,000 gas cleaning Advanced -- -- 34,722 -- 64,670 99,392 characterisation property database for Chinese and Indian (and other Asian) coals Advanced near burner -- -- 26,584 -- 22,000 48,584 flame diagnostics for ignition and stability studies on full scale pulverised coal flames UK collaboration with -- -- 14,123 -- 15,300 29,423 Netherlands and Australian NOx reduction research using overfire air staging Improving the efficiency -- 5,840 23,247 -- 20,910 49,997 and environmental performance of small scale combustion plant for increased export opportunities Application of CFD -- -- 139,300 31,100 -- 170,400 modelling to mill classifier design Predictive methods and -- -- 30,000 70,000 17,500 117,500 remedial measures for particle impact erosion and abrasion wear in cleaner coal energy conversion techs Once through the boiler -- 81,710 54,471 45,395 -- 181,576 with vertical tube furnace Advanced modelling and -- 25,810 -- 39,650 39,830 105,290 testing of thick section welded HCM2S "FOURCRACK" development -- -- 13,000 -- 122,500 135,500 of advanced coal fired plant steels to avoid premature failure by weld "Type IV" cracking Carbon burnout--coal -- -- 56,400 14,950 27,530 98,880 fitness effects Development of nitrogen -- -- 58,750 51,250 -- 110,000 stable isotope ratio measurements to apportion fuel and thermal NOx in coal conversion Enhanced Efficiency -- -- -- 19,848 246,460 266,308 Steam Turbine Blading for Cleaner Coal Plant Advanced (700C) PF Power -- -- -- -- 81,360 81,360 Plant Virtual Plant -- -- 22,990 -- -- 22,990 Demonstration Real time Efficiency -- -- -- 81,632 28,370 1 10,002 Measurements for Utility Boilers Demonstration of -- -- -- 140,000 -- 140,000 Co-firing Biomass at an Existing Coal Fired Power Station Demonstration of -- -- -- -- 755,460 755,460 Co-firing Biomass at an Existing Coal Fired Power Station Assessment of Ash -- -- -- -- 154,000 154,000 Refiring and Mineral Addition on Plant Performance and Ash Disposal On-line Fuel Tracking by -- -- 13,500 10,500 75,000 99,000 Advanced Flame Monitoring Combustion of Low -- -- -- 81,188 78,240 159,428 Volatile Coals in Wall Fired Plant--Phase 2 Minimising Particulate -- -- -- -- 118,000 118,000 Emissions through the Application of Neural Network Technology and Monitoring Systems Improved Methods for -- -- 15,181 -- -- 15,181 Coal and Waste Utilisation Former Cleaner Coal Programme Development of 62,680 0 0 0 0 62,680 Coal-over-Coal Reburn The Fate of Trace 9,063 0 0 0 0 9,063 Elements in PF Combustion Systems Improvement of 0 101 0 0 0 101 Combustion Efficiency in Low-NOx Combustion Systems Advanced Gas Turbine 121,409 0 0 0 0 121,409 Compressor Project--Phase 3 Model-based Plant 14,833 0 0 0 0 14,833 Optimisation Utilising Trends from Operational Instrumentation Fabrication of Steels 23,073 24,942 0 9,450 0 57,465 for Advanced Power Plant Gasifier Developments 3,068 0 0 0 0 3,068 and the Air Blown Gasification Cycle Total projects (R&D) 457,546 822,220 2,170,122 943,948 2,929,110 7,322,946 CC R&D Programme 1655 1677 1979 1081 1168 7560 Accruals (£000) Former CC Programme 234 25 0 9 0 269 Accruals (£000) Total Accruals R&D 1889 1702 1979 1090 1168 7829 Projects _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

175587; 421 c1674-6W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Coal Expenditure Pollution control Research

Contains statistics

Yes

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