Exploratory study on the potential of coal fired power plant for energy production in Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorObiukwu, O.
dc.contributor.authorOkozi, S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T12:16:58Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T12:16:58Z
dc.date.issued2013-02
dc.descriptionThe conference paper contains tables and figures
dc.description.abstractNigeria’s industrialization is dependent on the utilization of its energy sources. In Nigeria, as in many developing countries, providing energy to rural and urban areas has proved to be a great challenge. At present, the energy consumption estimate in Nigeria is reaching 19.21billion KWh and is still rising. To counter this, the estimated generated energy, presently is 3,500MW which is insufficient to handle the Demand. This is quite low and alternative means have to be proposed. This paper looks at the potential of technologies to convert coal into fuels that can be used directly in place of gasoline and diesel. A power generating plant is proposed, which uses coal, which is in ample supply of about 396 Million Metric tons, as a feedstock. The plant is expected to use the Gasification technology, which converts solid coal to its synthetic gas form, which is further used to power Gas turbines for power generation. Its generating capacity is 750MW and has a Configuration of 2*2*2*1. This implies that it has 2 operating gasifiers/ cleaning system, 2 combustion Turbines, 2 Heat Recovery Steam Generators and 1 steam turbine.
dc.identifier.citationObiukwu, O. & Okozi, S. (February, 2013). Exploratory study on the potential of coal fired power plant for energy production in Nigeria. Paper presented at the 4th Electrical Engineering Conference, Energy sources for Power Generation, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.futo.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14562/2201
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectCoal
dc.subjectpower
dc.subjectgasifiers
dc.subjectenergy
dc.subjectsteam turbines
dc.titleExploratory study on the potential of coal fired power plant for energy production in Nigeria
dc.typePaper Presentation

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