In this paper, a novel system with ash agglomerating fluidized bed gasification and CO2 capture to produce hydrogen and electricity is firstly designed in Aspen Plus. The newly proposed system is composed of eight subsystems, namely air separation unit, gasification unit, water gas shift unit, Rectisol unit, CO2 compression unit, Claus unit, pressure swing adsorption unit, gas and steam turbine unit. The thermodynamic performance and hydrogen to coal ratio of the new proposed system are investigated. The results demonstrate that the hydrogen to coal ratio, energy efficiency, net electricity power and exergy efficiency of the overall system for Yangcheng anthracite are 0.096 kg/kg, 46.52%, 1.71 MW and 43.92%, respectively. Additionally, the exergy destruction ratio and exergy efficiency of each subsystem are researched. More importantly, the influences of the oxygen to coal ratio, steam to coal ratio and coal types on the hydrogen to coal ratio, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency are also studied. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.