Turbine fuels from tar sands bitumen and heavy oil. Volume 1. Phase 3. Pilot plant testing, final design, and economics. Final report, 1 June 1985-31 March 1987

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5918920

Talbot, A F; Carson, T C; Magill, L G; Swesey, J R

Pilot-plant-scale demonstration of an upgrading/refining scheme to convert bitumen or heavy crude oil into high yields of specification-quality aviation turbine fuel was performed. An atmospheric residue from San Ardo (California) crude was converted under hydrovisbreaking conditions to synthetic crude for further refining. Naphtha cuts from the straight run and synthetic crude were combined, catalytically hydrotreated, then hydrocracked. Products from these operations were combined to produce two prototype specification fuels (JP-4 and JP-8) as well as two heavier, variable-quality fuels. An engineering design (Volume II) was developed for a 50,000 BPSD grass-roots refinery, from the pilot-plant operations. Capital investment and operating costs were estimated, and fuel manufacturing costs projected. Conclusions and recommendations for further work are included.

• Research Organization: Sun Refining and Marketing Co., Marcus Hook, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5918920
• Report Number(s): AD-A-184059/4/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
02 PETROLEUM
AVIATION FUELS
JET ENGINE FUELS
OIL SANDS
PETROLEUM
BITUMENS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
ECONOMICS
MANUFACTURING
OILS
PILOT PLANTS
REFINING
SPECIFICATIONS
VISCOSITY
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
TAR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
040403* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Refining
020400 - Petroleum- Processing