Great Plains Gasification Project status report
The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project is designed to convert North Dakota lignite into pipeline quality high Btu synthetic natural gas (SNG). Located in Mercer County, North Dakota, the project consists of a coal gasification plant, coal mine, and an SNG pipeline. Construction of the project started in the summer of 1981 and was essentially complete by the fourth quarter of 1984. The plant operating staff started initial start-up planning in early 1982 and moved to the plant site in late 1982. The first unit taken over from construction was the secondary water treating unit and initial operations began on August 19, 1983. The remainder of the plant was commissioned and started up in a planned sequence with initial production of SNG occurring on July 28, 1983. Both trains were in operation and the plant was producing at about 70 percent of design capacity by December 1984-a date that has been targeted for in a start-up schedule prepared some 4-5 years earlier.
- Research Organization:
- Great Plains Gasification Associates, Beulah, ND
- OSTI ID:
- 6366778
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8505145-
- Journal Information:
- Proc., Am. Pet. Inst., Refin. Dep.; (United States), Vol. 64; Conference: American Petroleum Institute midyear refining meeting, Kansas City, MO, USA, 14 May 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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