TITLE: Preliminary Design Services Coal Conversion Demonstration Plants.  Research and Development Report No. 114. Annual Report, January--December 1976.

INST.  AUTHOR: Parsons (Ralph M.) Co., Pasadena, Calif.

SPONSOR: Energy Research and Development Administration.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Energy Research and Development Administration [ERDA],  Mar 77, 163p.

ABSTRACT:

Accomplishments in 1976 include: (1) Completion of two major conceptual designs and economic analyses. The scope of the reports was expanded to include detailed projections of product characteristics and marketability, and summaries of experimental data used for the design basis plus its correlation/interpretation. (2) Completion of preliminary analyses of process candidates for a Coal-Oil-Gas Refinery (COG) and agreement with ERDA on a design basis for the conceptual plant design. (3) Defined procedures for production of petrochemical feedstocks and chemicals from coal in a coal-based petrochemical refinery. (4) Completed 15 papers or presentations in support of the ERDA Coal Conversion Development Program.  The range of subjects included: plant design, economics, environmental factors, materials selection, and petrochemicals from coal. (5) Explored expanded use of computer-assisted simulation capability. (6) Investigated construction procedures and economics for large field fabricated vessels for coal conversion complexes. (7) Completed designs and economic assessments for two large coal mines of 47,000 and 40,000 tons per day capacity. (ERA citation 02:047127)

CONTRACT  NUMBER: EX-76-C-01-1775