Comparative Study of Coal Based IGCC and Conventional Power Plants on Various Technological Parameters

This paper mainly focuses on the comparative merits of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) over the Pulverized coal plants such as Sub Critical, Supercritical and the Ultra Supercritical Plants on the basis of Performance efficiency, Cost of Generation of Power and environmental aspects. Based on the above criterion for a considerable number of comparisons, it is clear that Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle holds the best position.