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Return to DOE Reports Table of Contents I - R Feasibility and Economic Study of Medium-BTU Coal Gas Blended with High-BTU By-product Gas as an Industrial Energy Source at Billings, Montana. Final Report - May 1981. Northern Resources, Inc. Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary Page 10 1.1 Abstract 1-1 1.2 Background 1-1 1.3 Study Objectives and Scope 1-4 1.4 Process Selection 1-5 1.5 Site Selection 1-6 1.6 Conceptual Design 1-8 1.7 Retrofit 1-8 1.8 Environmental Considerations and Permits 1-8 1.9 Cost Estimates 1-11 1.10 Economic Analysis 1-12 1.11 MBG Sales Contract 1-14 1.12 Government Role 1-17 1.13 Market Potential 1-18 2. Site Selection Page 29 3. Design Factors Page 31 3.1 Plant Capacity 3-1 3.2 Capacity Factor 3-1 3.3 Site Conditions 3-1 3.4 Plant Life 3-5 3.5 Feedstocks 3-5 3.6 Product Specifications 3-10 3.7 Plant Expansion 3-10 3.8 Plant Turndown 3-10 3.9 Operation on Alternate Feedstocks 3-13 4. Conceptual Design Page 44 4.1 Process Description 4-1 4.2 Outside Battery Limit (OSBL) Preliminary Engineering and Design 4-27 4.3 Inside Battery Limit (ISBL) Preliminary Engineering and Design Basis 4-40 5. Retrofit Page 45 5.1 Advantages of the New Blend Gas 5-1 5.2 Disadvantages of the New Blend Gas 5-1 5.3 Composition and Properties of Blended MBG 5-2 5.4 Cenex Study 5-5 5.5 Conoco Study 5-10 6. Environmental Page 116 6.1 Introduction 6-1 6.2 Regulations and Permits Relevant to the Proposed Coal Gasification Project 6-1 6.3 Process Design Environmental Evaluation 6-27 6.4 Preoperational Environmental Monitoring Needs 6-47 7. Cost Estimates Page 168 7.1 Capital Cost Estimate 7-1 7.2 Operating Cost Estimate 7-17 8. Economic Analysis Page 188 8.1 Introduction 8-1 8.2 Economic Analysis Parameters 8-1 8.3 Investment Pattern 8-6 8.4 MBG Pricing 8-8 8.5 Cash Flow Schedule 8-10 8.6 Sensitivity Analyses 8-15 8.7 Interfuel Competition 8-20 9. MBG Sales Contract Page 217 9.1 General 9-1 9.2 Contract Clauses 9-1 10. Government Role Page 234 10.1 Environmental 10-1 10.2 Deregulations 10-1 10.3 Financial Incentives 10-1 10.4 Other Government Actions 10-4 11. Market Potential Page 238 11.1 General Refinery Market 11-1 11.2 Billings MBG Project Market Potential 11-3 11.3 Other Markets 11-4 Appendices Pages A – Piping Specifications 242 B – OSBL Preliminary Design Drawings 257 C – ISBL Material Balances 274 D – ISBL Preliminary Design Drawings 281 E – Major Equipment Cost Estimates 288 F – ISBL Cost Estimate Details 295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||