Using CO2 as gasification agent instead of steam in in-situ coal gasification chemical looping combustion (iG-CLC) power plant can eliminate energy consumption for steam generation, thus obtaining higher system efficiency. In this work, a comparative study of iG-CLC power plant using steam and CO2 as gasification agent is concentrated on. The effects of steam to carbon ratio (S/C) and CO2 to carbon ratio (CO2/C) on the fuel reactor temperature, char conversion, syngas composition and CO2 capture efficiency are separately investigated. An equilibrium carbon conversion of 88.9% is achieved in steam-based case as S/C ratio increases from 0.7 to 1.1, whereas a maximum conversion of 84.2% is obtained in CO2-based case with CO2/C ranging from 0.7 to 1.1. Furthermore the effects of oxygen carrier to fuel ratio (phi) on system performances are investigated. Increasing phi from 1.0 to 1.4 helps to achieve char conversion from 75.9% to 88.9% in steam-based case, by contrast the char conversion can achieve 66.3%-84.2% in CO2-based case within the same phi range. In terms of iG-CLC power plant, recycling partial CO2 to the fuel reactor improves the overall performance. Approximately 3.9% of net power efficiency are increased in CO2-based plant, from steam-based plant. Higher CO2 capture efficiency and lower CO2 emission rate are observed in CO2-gasified iG-CLC power plant, expecting to be 90.63% and 85.18 kg.MW-1.h(-1). respectively. (C) 2018 The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, and Chemical Industry Press. All rights reserved.