TITLE: Further Studies on Developing Technology for Indirect Liquefaction.

AUTHOR: D. Gray;   M. B. Neuworth;   G. Tomlinson.

INST.  AUTHOR: MITRE Corp., McLean, VA. METREK Div.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Mar 82,  126p.

NTIS REPORT NO.: DE82017677INW

ABSTRACT:

Our investigations have resulted in the conclusion that fluid-bed gasifiers, such as Westinghouse or entrained-flow gasifiers such as Texaco and Shell-Koppers, offer significant advantages over the BGC Lurgi gasifier when Illinois No. 6 coal is employed as the feedstock. Dry-ash Lurgi gasification has additional disadvantages which appear to make it unsuitable for applications with mildly caking coal such as Illinois No. 6. The results of our analyses of Illinois No. 6 coal do not alter our prior conclusions regarding the use of advanced gasification systems for indirect liquefaction. BGC/Lurgi, Westinghouse, Texaco and Shell-Koppers gasifiers offer significant advantages over dry-ash Lurgi and should be given detailed consideration for a US liquefaction facility. The final decision will probably be driven by the relative state of development at the time a decision is required, process license and guarantees which could be negotiated, the market value of an SNG co-product, and the specific characteristics of the coal feedstock to be used. Again, it should be stressed that all these potential improvements are contingent upon performance levels being achieved for both Kolbel synthesis and advanced gasifiers that are equal to those reported in the literature sources used in this study. (ERA citation 07:045498)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/ET/10280-T3

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC01-77ET10280