Gas generator research and development BI-GAS process. Final report, August 19, 1971-October 31, 1979

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5359081

The BI-GAS Pilot Plant, located in Homer City, Pennsylvania, is a grass-roots facility designed to study a new process for the conversion of coal into pipeline quality gas. This is the first of a series of operating reports designed to describe the activities, present data and conclusions, and to make recommendations appropriate to that operation. This report focuses on the initial operation of the gasifier but also addresses some of the other major process units of the integrated pilot plant. Those areas include coal preparation and gas treating. Other areas which have not yet been addressed are methanation and sulfur recovery. A principal feature of the plant is the 2-stage, entrained-bed, high-pressure (1500 psig max), oxygen-blown, and ash-slagging gasifier unit. In the refractory-lined Stage II, coal is devolatilized by the hot Stage I effluent. Inside the water cooled barrel forming the reaction chamber of Stage I, the recycled char is combusted to form heat and hydrogen for the Stage II reactions, and the ash is converted to a molten slag which exits through a tap hole into the quench section. Pilot plant test summaries are provided for the individual tests. (LTN)

• Research Organization: Bituminous Coal Research, Inc., Monroeville, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-76ET10312
• OSTI ID: 5359081
• Report Number(s): FE-1207-69(Vol.2); BCR-L-1037(Vol.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
BI-GAS PROCESS
COAL GASIFICATION
ENERGY BALANCE
EXPLOSIONS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASIFICATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
REMOVAL
SLAGS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES