Portland General Electric Beaver synfuels project a coal gasification combined cycle methanol facility development program

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Coal Technol. (Houston); (United States)

OSTI ID:6504517

Skov, E R; Yott, R A; Clancy, G M

The Beaver coal gasification facility is currently undergoing preliminary engineering and feasibility analysis. Based on the existing 600 MW (nominal) Beaver combined cycle generating station and the adjacent plant site, which is eminently suitable for receiving and storage of subbituminous coal from either Alaska or Wyoming, a non-integrated CGCC facility combined with a methanol plant for increased utilization of the plant facilities and capital investment looks attractive for the 1987 time frame and forward. The CGCC facility would be environmentally benign since the gasification process inherently permits removal of essentially all sulfur, metals and particulate matter. The association with a methanol plant permits a high utilization factor of the overall CGCC-methanol facility. The beaver coal gasification facility will produce 60 billion Btu/day of MBG equivalent to about 300MWe, plus 1,750 Ton/D methanol, 10 million SCP/D SNG, nd 90 Ton/Day ammonia from about 11,000 Ton/Day subbituminous coal. The products are forecast to be competitively marketed in the region. The project could be implemented on a six year schedule, and a preliminary economic evaluation indicated that the products can be competitive with gas and oil for the 1988 time frame and beyond. 6 refs.

• Research Organization: Ebasco Serv Inc, USA
• OSTI ID: 6504517
• Report Number(s): CONF-8111140-
• Journal Information: Coal Technol. (Houston); (United States), Conference: 4. international coal utilization conference, Houston, TX, USA, 17 Nov 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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