TITLE: Indirect Liquefaction Processes.

AUTHOR: J. McGuckin.

INST.  AUTHOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, MI. Standards Development and Support Branch.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Environmental Protection Agency [EPAMAP],  Feb 82 ,  79p*.

ABSTRACT:

This report examines the technology feasibility of the various coal gasification and indirect liquefaction technologies. Also included is the best-estimate costs for methanol and gasoline using the various technologies with three different coal/feedstocks by critically analyzing publicly available design studies and placing them on a common technical/financial basis. The following conclusion is that methanol from coal is cheaper than gasoline via either the Mobile MTG process or the Fisher/Tropsch process.

REPORT  NUMBER: EPA-AA-SDSB-82-5