ABSTRAKT

The fundamentals proposed in this paper ensure the opportunity of reliable replacement of the hydrocarbon fuels (mainly natural gas) with accessible process gases (for example, of metallurgical production) or by local fuels, mainly low-calorific gases are including performance of the following relevant procedures: (1) carrying out the combined power and environmental analysis of efficiency of utilization the fuels and fuel−oxidant mixtures of arbitrary composition as well as possibility to perform on optimization of the plant operation conditions; and (2) certification of alternative gas fuels and fuel mixtures as the commodity products by means of provision of the fuels with necessary set of characteristics, similar to those accepted in the world practice (see the list of characteristics of natural and alternative gases at the European market later in the paper).