TITLE: Study of Ebullated-Bed Fluid Dynamics for H-Coal. Quarterly Progress Report No. 5, July 1-September 30, 1981.

AUTHOR: R. J. Schaefer;   D. N. Rundell;   D. A. Halbert.

INST.  AUTHOR: Amoco Research Center, Naperville, IL. Research and Development Dept.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Nov 81,  92p.

ABSTRACT:

Modification of the Amoco pilot plant was completed to permit performing cold flow tests at high gas rates without gas entrainment in the recycle line. A total of thirty-seven additional tests measuring the fluidization of a bed of HDS-2A catalyst by nitrogen and a kerosene/coal char slurry were completed. Analysis of the H-Coal PDU sample viscosity and density data from Battelle was started. Some inconsistency between this data and corresponding H-Coal PDU liquid physical property measurements from Oak Ridge National Laboratory was noted. Northwestern University installed pressure drop transducers on their test column to permit calibration of their optical and capacitance probes. Test holographic images of gas bubbles in the column were also obtained. The literature search for the liquid mixing experiments was completed.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/30026-T3

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-80PC30026