6. Glossary
CP Plant; PC Plant
Pulverized coal-fired power plant.
Centrale à cycle combiné alimentée en gaz naturel CCGC; natural Gas-fired Combined Cycle NGCC
Power plant combining a gas turbine and a steam turbine, fuelled by natural gas.
Integrated gasification combined cycle power plant IGCC
Solid fuel power plant (coal, biomass...) converting the latter into gas via the use of a gasifier, which converts carbon into CO + H 2 synthesis gas in an atmosphere of steam and oxygen. The gas becomes the fuel for a combined-cycle power plant.
Oxy-combustion; oxy-fuel
Combustion of a solid or gaseous fuel with pure oxygen, usually produced in an air separation unit.
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