Progress in the China Shenhua coal liquefaction project
- Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ (United States)
Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc. (HTI) signed an agreement with Shenhua Group, Ltd. (Shenhua) and China Coal Research Institute (CCRI) to conduct a feasibility study of a coal liquefaction commercial plant to be built in Shaanxi Province of People`s Republic of China. Coals produced in the Shenhua coal field, China`s largest developing coal field located in northern China, will be used as feedstock. HTI`s coal direct liquefaction process, HTI Coal, which incorporates a two-stage reactor system with interstage separator and an in-line fixed-bed hydrotreater, will be employed in the plant design. HTI`s proprietary iron-based catalyst, GelCat will be used in the process. The feasibility study includes two phases. Phase 1 work involves a bench-scale liquefaction testing of Shenhua coals from two seams and a preliminary economic evaluation. The results show that Shenhua coals, despite their low volatile matter and high inert macerals contents among the 14 Chinese coals studies by CCRI, demonstrated very good performance: fairly high coal conversions (up to 93%) and high distillate yields (63--68 wt%). Preliminary economic evaluation conducted on the basis of the bench-scale testing results and local economic data appear to be favorable. The Phase 2 work includes a 3--5 ton/day process development unit (PDU) testing Shenhua coals to confirm and improve the bench-scale performance, to collect a large product sample for refining studies, to obtain process data for an in-depth techno-economic analysis, and to provide engineering data for scale-up design. This run is scheduled in the middle of the year, and feed coal collection and run plan preparation are currently under way. The test results will be presented in this conference.
- OSTI ID:
- 349204
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980985--; ISBN 1-890977-15-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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