(Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center): Quarterly technical progress report for the period ending June 30, 1986
A concrete example of third-party involvement was announced this June when the Illinois Coal Development Board voted to provide $1 million to UOP, Inc., in support of the proof-of-concept testing of the PETC Fluidized-Bed Copper Oxide Process for flue gas cleanup. In yet another joint effort, PETC and Argonne National Laboratory are cooperating on the simultaneous removal of SO/sub 2//NO/sub x/ pollutants in the dry scrubbing of flue gas from high-sulfur coal. A test plan using sodium hydroxide as the additive is being developed for Argonne's 20-MW spray dryer unit. Biological conversion of coal-derived synthesis gas to alcohols or liquid hydrocarbon fuels represents a promising new approach to indirect coal liquefaction. Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently detected the presence of both ethanol and n-butanol in bioconversion products. The alcohols were produced through use of carbon monoxide or acetate as the primary carbon source in biological cultures treated for inhibition of methane formation. A novel process to convert methane to higher hydrocarbons has been developed at PETC. Also at PETC, a method of oxidatively solubilizing coals through low-temperature treatment with nitric acid has been developed and has shown that mixtures of the solubilized coal in alcohols are good diesel fuels. As a result of work performed as a DOE contractor, Union Carbide Corporation has filed three records of invention with the DOE Patent Counsel. The improvements in synthesis gas conversion technology resulting from these inventions potentially offer a significant advancement over existing catalysts and process systems for the direct conversion of synthesis gas to liquid fuels. The Michigan Technological University is preparing a patent application for a new on-line, real-time ash analyzer developed under a DOE research grant.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA
- OSTI ID:
- 6989601
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PETC/QTR-86/3; ON: DE87005062
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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