Char Oil Energy Development (Project COED) quarterly progress report No. 1, July 1974--September 1974

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1974

OSTI ID:5181552

The COED process is the multistage fluidized-bed pyrolysis of coal. Product oil from the pyrolysis is hydrotreated to produce a synthetic crude oil. Approximately 600 tons of Western Kentucky coal from the Colonial mine were processed in the COED pyrolysis pilot plant during August 1974. Two material balance runs were completed, and the following overall pilot plant yields were obtained: 15 wt % oil, 8 wt % gas, and 69 wt % char. A total of 351 barrels of Western Kentucky coal-derived oil was processed through the pilot plant filter. A summary of the data is presented from hydrotreating runs H-59 through H-73 using Western Kentucky coal-derived oil as feedstock. This program entailed processing about 1035 barrels of oil through the hydro-treating unit. Engineering studies have been continuing on the conceptual process design of a nominal 25,000 tons coal per day commercial COED facility to process Illinois No. 6-seam coal. Draft agreements between FMC, EPRI and Koppers are being developed for a large scale COED char gasification test in a commercial Koppers-Totzek gasifier.

• Research Organization: FMC Corp., Princeton, N.J. (USA). Chemical Research and Development Center
• OSTI ID: 5181552
• Report Number(s): NP-23085
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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010405* -- Coal
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUEFACTION PLANTS
COAL LIQUIDS
COED PROCESS
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
FILTRATION
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HYDROGENATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
OPERATION
PILOT PLANTS
PYROLYSIS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
YIELDS