(Operation and maintenance of Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Combustion Test Facility, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7049813

Effective May 20, 1985, Gilbert/Commonwealth, Inc. (G/C) was awarded the contract to provide operational services for test facilities used for research and development in coal science and technology at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC). The objective of this research and development is to expand the data base for: (1) combustion technology of coal, coal-slurry fuels and alternate fuels; (2) advanced environmental control technology to control emissions from combustion processes utilizing these fuels; and (3) other technology for utilization of coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The contractual obligations of G/C are defined as follows: G/C shall furnish the necessary management, supervision, qualified personnel, operations, maintenance, modifications, materials, supplies, equipment, training, technical expertise, and services required to provide the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center with the operational services for existing government-owned test facilities. G/C shall also provide technical and management services for additions to existing test facilities or perform major modifications to existing test facilities as directed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The overall conceptual design of all test facilities and their ultimate success are the responsibility of DOE/PETC. The operation of the test facilities at PETC can include any or all of the described processes, and progress in each in this reporting period is described.

• Research Organization: Gilbert/Commonwealth, Inc., Reading, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-85PC71504
• OSTI ID: 7049813
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/71504-7; ON: DE87008391
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
42 ENGINEERING
COAL
COMBUSTION
COAL FINES
PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT
FUEL SLURRIES
PITTSBURGH ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
TEST FACILITIES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATOMIZATION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BOILERS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COAL PREPARATION
COPPER OXIDES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DRY SCRUBBERS
FURNACES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
NITROGEN OXIDES
NOXSO PROCESS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
SPRAYS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SCRUBBERS
SLURRIES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SUSPENSIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSPORT
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
014000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Combustion
421000 - Engineering- Combustion Systems