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Title: Encoal mild coal gasification project: Final design modifications report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/578495· OSTI ID:578495

The design, construction and operation Phases of the Encoal Mild Coal Gasification Project have been completed. The plant, designed to process 1,000 ton/day of subbituminous Power River Basin (PRB) low-sulfur coal feed and to produce two environmentally friendly products, a solid fuel and a liquid fuel, has been operational for nearly five years. The solid product, Process Derived Fuel (PDF), is a stable, low-sulfur, high-Btu fuel similar in composition and handling properties to bituminous coal. The liquid product, Coal Derived Liquid (CDL), is a heavy, low-sulfur, liquid fuel similar in properties to heavy industrial fuel oil. Opportunities for upgrading the CDL to higher value chemicals and fuels have been identified. Significant quantities of both PDF and CDL have been delivered and successfully burned in utility and industrial boilers. A summary of the Project is given.

Research Organization:
Encoal Corp., Gillette, WY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC21-90MC27339
OSTI ID:
578495
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/27339-5797; ON: DE98002006; TRN: AHC29806%%29
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English