Coal desulfurization by perchloroethylene processing

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:5196010

Leehe, H; Atwood, G A; Snell, G ^[1]

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1. Midwest Ore Processing Co., Inc., Plainville, IN (United States)

A process design along with estimates of capital and operating costs for Midwest Ore Processing Company's proprietary PCE coal beneficiation technology were prepared for a 250 ton per hour plant. The plant was designed for 365 day per year operation based on a feed coal containing 15.5% moisture, 23.8% and 3.4% sulfur. The clean coal product was projected to have sulfur dioxide emissions of less than 1.2 lb per million Btu, less than 5% ash, less than 3% moisture, and a heating value greater than 14,500 Btu per lb. The estimated plant cost, working capital, and startup costs were determined to be $30,473,823, $3,047,382 and $3,047,382, respectively. The estimated annual personnel costs, including vacation and sick time, were $3,602,700. The operating costs were $1.98 per million Btu of cleaned coal. This includes $15 per ton for feed coal. The processing costs are $1.04 per million Btu clean coal.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Midwest Ore Processing Co., Inc., Plainville, IN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5196010
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-100551-Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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