Production of jet fuels from coal-derived liquids. Volume 3. Jet fuels potential of liquid by-products from the Great Plains Gasification Project. Interim report, September 1986-December 1987

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6244993

Smith, E B; Guffey, F D; Nickerson, L G

Three liquid by-products from the Great Plains Gasification Project, tar oil crude phenols, and naptha, were evaluated as potential sources of military jet fuels. Tar oil, produced at about 3200 barrels per day (BPD), is a highly aromatic lignite-pyrolysis liquid with a typical density of 1.01 and boiling range of about 220-975 F (104-524). Crude phenols, extracted from process water at about 900 BPD, is essentially a mixture of phenols, cresols, dihydric phenols, and naphthols, with an oxygen content averaging over 13 wt %. The naphtha is a low-boiling mixture extracted from syngas at about 725 BPD. Chief components are benzene, alkylbenzenes, sulfur compounds, and highly variable amounts of methanol, acetone, and methylethylketone. Based on these typical by-product characteristics, preliminary assessments were that the tar oil was the most-promising jet-fuel source, that crude phenols was a questionable source because of this high oxygen content, and that naphtha was a poor source because of its low-boiling range.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6244993
• Report Number(s): AD-A-201393/6/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
COAL LIQUIDS
JET ENGINE FUELS
PRODUCTION
ACETONE
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BOILING POINTS
BY-PRODUCTS
FUELS
LIQUIDS
MIXTURES
NAPHTHALENE
OILS
PHENOLS
PROGRESS REPORT
PYROLYSIS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TAR
WATER
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FLUIDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
KETONES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
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Lignite
& Peat- Gasification