Underground Coal Gasification Program plan

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5652633

The Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Program is directed toward the development of advanced technologies for recovering gas from large, currently unrecoverable coal resources. The overall goal of the UCG Program is to foster development within the private sector of an environmentally acceptable UCG industry whose products can compete with other electric utility fuels and as a chemical feedstock for liquid fuel production by the late 1990s. This goal includes appropriate environmental research to establish the information base required to identify and cost effectively mitigate potential problems. The objective of this environmental research is to characterize potential impacts and the performance of new and developmental systems in controlling these impacts so that more efficient solutions to environmental concerns are available on a schedule consistent with the development of advanced technology. To achieve this goal, a series of interrelated technology development steps must take place, some sponsored by DOE, some by other government agencies, and some by other governments and/or the private sector. These include basic and applied research and development, proof-of-concept activities, first-of-a-kind field tests, and associated commercial scale activity. This publication presents: (1) background and program goal; (2) technology description; (3) technology status and research needs; (4) program strategy; and (5) program management. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Oil, Gas, Shale and Coal Liquids
• OSTI ID: 5652633
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE-0065; ON: DE86013029
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
COAL GASIFICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GASIFICATION
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MANAGEMENT
MITIGATION
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
PROCESSING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS