Exxon Catalytic Coal Gasification Process Development Program. Annual technical progress report, July 1, 1978-June 30, 1979

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5454063· OSTI ID:5454063

The Exxon Catalytic Coal Gasification Development Program began in July 1978 and is planned to be completed in June 1981. The program is a coordinated effort involving bench scale R and D, operation of a one-ton-per-day Process Development Unit (PDU), and engineering support. This work is aimed at advancing the catalytic coal gasification technology through the development stage to make it ready for further scale-up in a large pilot plant. One of the major objectives of the program is to demonstrate the feasibility of the integrated process which includes gasification, gas separation, and catalyst recovery. This integrated system will be operated at commercial design conditions feeding bituminous Illinois No. 6 coal catalyzed with potassium hydroxide. This operation will demonstrate the feasibility of the catalytic coal gasification process in integrated operation and will ready the technology for scale-up to the larger pilot plant stage. The conceptual commercial CCG process will be defined. This work will include a flow diagram for the process, heat and material balances, and a definition of key process features unique to catalytic coal gasification, including the catalyst addition, gasification, and catalyst recovery sections. Progress for the period is reported with emphasis on bench-scale experiments, PDU construction and checkout, data acquisition system for the PDU, catalyst recovery studies, acid gas removal, system analysis and materials evaluation.

• Research Organization: Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Baytown, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: ET-78-C-01-2777
• OSTI ID: 5454063
• Report Number(s): FE-2777-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
CATALYSTS
RECOVERY
EXXON GASIFICATION PROCESS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
FUEL GAS
PURIFICATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
COAL GASIFICATION
CRYOGENICS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GRAPHS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
MATERIALS HANDLING
METHANE
POTASSIUM CARBONATES
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDES
REMOVAL
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLIDS
TABLES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CARBONATES
CHALCOGENIDES
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DATA
DATA FORMS
FLUIDS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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Lignite
& Peat- Gasification
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Lignite
& Peat- Purification & Upgrading