TRIG™

Commercialization

Status Update

Manoj Nagvekar

KBR at a Glance

• Technology-based EPC & O&M Company

• 100+ Years of Operation

• Listed on the NYSE

• FY 2014 Revenue ~ $6.0 Billion

• Headquartered in Houston, TX

• 27,000 employees worldwide

• Local in 65+ countries

• 3 Primary Business Groups: – Engineering and Construction

– Technology and Consulting

– Government Services

KBR Technology Portfolio

Refining • ROSE®

• FCC

• VCC™

• K-SAAT™

• HydroProcessing

• Dividing Wall Column

Automation and Process Technologies • InSite™ Performance

Monitoring

• OTS

• OMS

• Technical Services

Proprietary Equipment

• Refining

• Coal Monetization

• Olefins

• Chemicals

• Ammonia and Syngas

Olefins

• SCORE™

• K-COT™

Ammonia and Syngas • Ammonia

• Fertilizers

• Syngas

• Hydrogen

• Methanol

• TRIG™ Applications

• Power

• Industrial

• Energy & Chemicals

Coal Monetization

Chemicals • Phenol/Acetone

• BPA

• PVC

• Acetyls

• NExOCTANE™ and NExETHERS™

TRIG developed by KBR, Southern

Company with support from U.S. DOE

Collaborative blending of skills and strengths of each company

Technology available for Industrial and Power applications of TRIG using low-rank coals

KBR leads marketing and licensing activities

KBR-Southern Alliance: TRIG

TRIG™ Technology

TRIG™ Global Footprint

Kemper TRIGTM

IGCC Project

UND Pilot

PSDF Demo SKI Pilot

Berun TRIGTM

DongGuan TRIGTM IGCC

Yanchang Demo

PSDF Demo

50 MTPD

1996 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Kemper TRIGTM IGCC 582 MW

2011

DongGuan IGCC 1600 MTPD

Berun TRIGTM 1000 MTPD

2014

UND Pilot

3 MTPD SKI Pilot

3 MTPD

Yanchang Demo 100 MTPD

Kemper County IGCC Project Overview

● 2x1 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)

– 2 Transport Gasifiers

– 2 Siemens SGT6 - 5000F CTs

– 1 Toshiba steam turbine

– 582 MW peak and 524 MW on syngas

– Heat rate 12,150 Btu/kWh

– 28.1% HHV efficiency w/ CO2 control and >40% moisture coal

– Selexol for H2S and CO2 removal

– >65% CO2 capture (~800 lb/MWh emission rate)

– Mine mouth lignite

● Owner and Operator:

Kemper Lignite Composition

Average Min Max

Heat Content btu/lb 5,290 4,765 5,870

Moisture % 45.5 42 50

Ash % 12.0 8.6 17

Sulfur % 1.0 0.35 1.7

Plant Site Plant Site

● Commercial Operating Date: First Half 2016

– Combined cycle in-service August 2014

● Zero Liquid Discharge.

– Make-up water from City of Meridian treated

effluent.

● By-Products (TPY)

– ~3,000,000 – Carbon dioxide used for EOR

– ~140,000 – Sulfuric acid

– ~22,000 – Ammonia

Plant Site Plant Site

Project Overview

Kemper Lignite Composition

Average Min Max

Heat Content btu/lb 5,290 4,765 5,870

Moisture % 45.5 42 50

Ash % 12.0 8.6 17

Sulfur % 1.0 0.35 1.7

Kemper County IGCC – July 2015

Construction >99% Complete

Construction Update

● 0.46 project recordable incident rate

(7 times safer than construction industry average)

● Construction complete on all plant equipment and piping

● What’s left:

‒ Commissioning support

‒ Punchlist items

‒ Insulation

‒ Painting

Construction Progress

Selexol unit (acid gas removal)

Entire plant from south

Construction Progress

Sulfuric acid production unit

Lignite delivery facility

Commissioning

● Clean-outs: nearing completion

‒ Air/steam blows

‒ Hydrolazing

‒ Flushes

‒ Chemical cleaning

● Initial pressure tests: essentially complete

‒ Refrigeration system - vacuum and pressure test

‒ Gasifier/syngas cooler/particulate control device

‒ Syngas scrubber

‒ Ash silos

‒ Acid gas removal

‒ Wet sulfuric acid

‒ Gasifier lignite feed system

Loading internals in CO2 absorbers

Commissioning

● Column internal installation: complete

● Filter element installation: complete

‒ Syngas particulate control device

‒ Lignite prep candle filters

‒ Cyclonic baghouse

● Loop checks: essentially complete

● Detailed logic review: nearing completion

Loading internals in CO2 absorbers

Commissioning Progress

Filter installation in cyclonic baghouse

Steam blows

Syngas cooler tubesheet

Commissioning Progress

Vacuum testing on ammonia refrigeration system

Internals to be installed in AGR vessels

Operator Training Simulator

● Has proven to be beneficial for

procedure, DCS controls, SIS, and

interface checkout

● Numerous findings have saved

countless hours that would have

been spent during startup

● Will serve as operator training

platform going forward

Findings DCS SIS Model Procedure Screens Siemens

Test 3 305 12 237 362 280 24

Test 4 97 2 49 106 93 5

DCS COPY

MODEL

SIS EMULATION

VIRTUAL SIEMENS

INSTRUCTOR STATION

WORKSTATIONS

DCS

SIS

Model

Procedure

Screens

Siemens

Functional Testing

● Functional checks:

– Startup burner

– Coal mills

– Coal dryer fans

– WSA burner

● Air/nitrogen circulation tests:

– Complete gasification loop

from gasifier through syngas

cleanup

– Coal mill loops

– Initial tests on fluidized bed

dryers

Fluid bed dryer circulation tests

Functional Testing

● Selexol unit:

– Water circulation tests complete

– Internal degreasing underway

● Test fired flares

● WSA

– Initial air circulation

WSA circulation tests Flare test fire

Functional Testing

● Tempered water:

– Circulation tests complete

– Heating tests underway

● WGS nitrogen circulation and heating test:

– Complete on train A

● Coal feeder filling cycle:

– All 12 commissioned

● Compressors commissioned:

– Process air

– Transport air

– Recycle gas WGS nitrogen circulation

Process air compressor

Coal feeder filling cycle

Functional Testing

Fully Operational Systems

• Combined cycle

• Nitrogen plant

• Wastewater plant

• Demineralized water plant

• Instrument air

• LP and IP steam systems

• Lignite delivery facility

• Mill reject removal system

• Auxiliary boiler

Nitrogen plant

Fully Operational Systems

Wastewater system Inside coal dome

Operational Equipment

Switchyard

Lignite delivery system

Approximately 1.2 million tons of lignite mined

Water treatment

Combined cycle

Operational Equipment

Commercial Operations

● Combined cycle placed in service: August 9, 2014

● Power generated: 3.5 million megawatt-hours

● EFOR: about 1 percent. (Five times better than typical combined cycle of similar size)

Commercial Equipment

● 2 x gas turbines

● 1 x steam turbine

● Auxiliary boiler

● Cooling tower

● SCRs

● Duct burners

● Electrical service

● Utilities

● Transmission

Assets

● Water Storage

Pond

● Treated Effluent

Water Line

● Natural Gas

Pipeline

Assets in Service

1. Start solids

circulation

2. Burner light-off and

refractory cure

3. Coal feed

4. Syngas to cleanup

unit

5. Byproduct

generation

6. Syngas to turbine

7. Repeat on train 2

What’s Next

Thank You