Great Plains Coal Gasification Project will make 17. 5 tons/day of methanol

Journal Article · Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6281061

The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project will make 17.5 tons/day of methanol in addition to 125 million cu ft/day of pipeline-quality substitute natural gas (SNG), making the facility the first commercial producer of methanol-from-coal in the United States, according to the consortium building the $1.5 billion facility in Beulah, North Dakota. As originally conceived, the plant would have used 17 tons/day of purchased methanol to clean the raw-gas product stream of impurities, primarily sulfur. But based on the cost of transporting methanol to the plant site and storing it for use, the consortium decided it was more economical to produce its own methanol from lignite. The construction started in July 1980, and the facility is to come on stream in 1984.

• OSTI ID: 6281061
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States), Vol. 87:23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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METHANOL
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COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
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ECONOMICS
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FLUIDS
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HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
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MATERIALS
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