1170-MW(t) HTGR-PS/C plant application study report: tar sands oil recovery application

Technical Report · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6476341· OSTI ID:6476341

Rao, R.

This report summarizes a study to apply an 1170-MW(t) high-temperature gas-cooled reactor - process steam/cogeneration (HTGR-PS/C) to tar sands oil recovery and upgrading. The raw product recovered from the sands is a heavy, sour bitumen; upgrading, which involves coking and hydrodesulfurization, produces a synthetic crude (refinable by current technology) and petroleum coke. Steam and electric power are required for the recovery and upgrading process. Proposed and commercial plants would purchase electric power from local utilities and obtain from boilers fired with coal and with by-product fuels produced by the upgrading. This study shows that an HTGR-PS/C represents a more economical source of steam and electric power.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF70046
• OSTI ID: 6476341
• Report Number(s): GA-A-16083-Summ.; ON: DE81027905; TRN: 81-013878
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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