World’s First-ever Power Plant That Uses Coal Mine Ventilation Air as Fuel Now in Operation

By using the compact and flameless VOCSIDIZER® regenerative thermal oxidizer as an energy source, MEGTEC has made it possible to generate high grade, super-heated steam from a fuel with 0.9% methane content. The steam has the same quality as used at traditional power plants. It is used to drive a conventional steam turbine, which generates electricity that can be delivered to the state grid or directly to the mine.