Pipeline gas demonstration plant: Phase I. Record environmental analysis report. Volume I. [Illinois Coal Gasification Group; Perry County]

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5593283

Eby, R J

The Illinois Coal Gasification Group's Pipeline Gas Demonstration Plant is a self-contained facility designed to convert approximately 2330 tons of coal per day into synthetic pipeline gas (SPG) and several by-products. Approximately 24.0 million standard cubic feet per day (MM SCFD) of SPG will be produced from the Illinois coal. The goals of the construction and operation of the Demonstration Plant are threefold: To demonstrate the technical, environmental, and economic feasibilities of producing clean pipeline gas from coal; to obtain data to improve the state of the art in coal gasification; and to advance the commercial production of pipeline gas from coal. The proposed site for the Demonstration Plant is in southwestern Perry County, Illinois. The Perry County site was selected primarily because of the availability of coal, proximity to a more-than-adequate water supply (the Mississippi River), accessibility by several modes of transportation, abundant labor force, and minimal impacts on the environment from Plant construction and operation. Major wastes from the Demonstration Plant will include slag, water treatment sludges and sulfite sludges, carbon dioxide, and desulfurized flue gas. All liquid wastes will be treated, the water being removed and then recycled for use within the Plant in order to achieve zero liquid discharge. Solid wastes produced from the various processes will be disposed of in an onsite landfill. Because of the previously disturbed nature of the environment on the Plant site proper and the surrounding environs, the effect of the facility on the physical and biological environments will be minimal at most, and the most apparent physical effect will be a minor degradation of air quality.

• Research Organization: Illinois Coal Gasification Group, Chicago (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-77ET13031
• OSTI ID: 5593283
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/13031-T4-Vol.1; FE-2012-077-Vol.1; ON: DE85015324
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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