[Advanced Coal Conversion Process Demonstration Project]. Technical progress report, April 1, 1991--June 30, 1991
This project will demonstrate an advanced thermal coal drying process coupled with physical cleaning techniques to upgrade high-moisture, low-rank coals to produce a high-quality, low-sulfur fuel. The coal will be processed through two vibrating fluidized bed reactors that will remove chemically bound water, carboxyl groups, and volatile sulfur compounds. After drying, the coal will be put through a deep-bed stratifier cleaning process to effect separation of the pyrite rich ash. The process will enhance low-rank western coals, usually with a moisture content of 25--55%, sulfur content of 0.5--1.5%, and heating value of 5500--9000 Btu/lb by producing a stable, upgraded coal product with a moisture content as low as 1%, sulfur content as low as 0.3%, and heating value up to 12,000 Btu/lb. The 45 ton/hr unit will be located adjacent to a unit train loadout facility at Western Energy Company`s Rosebud coal mine near the town of Colstrip in southeastern Montana. The demonstration plant is sized at about one-tenth the projected throughput of a multiple processing train commercial facility. The demonstration drying and cooling equipment is currently commercial size.
- Research Organization:
- Western Energy Co., Colstrip, MT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC22-90PC89664
- OSTI ID:
- 10125554
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/89664-T2; ON: DE92007900
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Advanced coal conversion process demonstration. Progress report, January 1, 1992--March 31, 1992
Advanced coal conversion process demonstration. Progress report, January 1, 1992--December 31, 1992