Developing anthracite coal water slurry fuel. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5213849

Simmon, F J; Keller, D V; Marino, J; Keller, D S; Ask, T E

Public law has directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to increase the use of coal, particularly anthracite, at steam generating facilities. This study evaluates the feasibility of producing slurry fuel from anthracite coal and examines the combustion characteristics of the anthracite/water fuel slurry. The T-Process, a proprietary process developed by Otisca Industries, Ltd., Syracuse, NY, was used to produce anthracite-based coal water slurries for testing and combustion. Although it is feasible to manufacture anthracite water fuel, the slurries used in this research would not burn well without substantial amounts of natural gas cofiring. Stable combustion with reduced support fuel can probably be achieved by chemically or physically modifying the factors that affect combustion. Additional research to determine the differences between anthracite and bituminous slurries, to increase the residence time for anthracite slurries, and to manufacture slurries with oil rather than water needs to be conducted to help the DOD meet anthracite purchase/consumption targets. Coal, Combustion, Coal water fuel, Anthracite coal.

• Research Organization: Army Construction Engineering Research Lab., Champaign, IL (United States). Energy and Utilities Systems Div.
• OSTI ID: 5213849
• Report Number(s): AD-A-274852/3/XAB; CERL-TR-FE--93/16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANTHRACITE
BLACK COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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COCOMBUSTION
COMBUSTION
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NATURAL GAS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
RHEOLOGY
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
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