Making IGCC slag valuable

Many power plants have switched from bituminous coals to Powder River Basin coals to comply with lower SO x emissions limits. Although this has been a successful strategy, increased slogging has led many plants to seek coals with lower sodium content. But the increased demand for these coals has raised their prices. Can anything else be done to simultaneously widen fuel options, control costs, and keep the slag devil at bay? Targeted In-Furnace Injection, which uses CFD modeling and virtual reality visualization techniques, can address all three issues.