Synthetic fuels research and development (in Chinese and English)
The first part of this briefing reviews the significant factors and trends in energy production and consumption in the United States, as well as the major energy resources. In the United States, conventional production of oil and gas is expected to decrease with time, so that it becomes necessary to develop synthetic fuels from major fossil resources such as coal and oil shale. For the long term, renewable or inexhaustible energy source such as biomass and hydrogen can be gradually brought into the picture. Although a great deal of development work is in progress in the US in substitute natural gas (SNG) with calorific value of over 900 Btu per SCF, and in coal liquefaction to produce a synthetic crude, it appears that these technologies would not be of immediate interest to China. It would appear that clean fuels from coal through the production of medium-Btu gas for concentrated load centers should be of immediate interest. Furthermore, since China already has an oil shale industry, advanced technologies for enhancing recovery of hydrocarbons from shale, particularly from low grade shale, should be of interest. This paper discusses the U-Gas, HYTORT, and HYGAS processes in particular.
- OSTI ID:
- 5767326
- Report Number(s):
- NP-24087
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- Chinese and English
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BIOMASS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHINA
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HIGH BTU GAS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
HYGAS PROCESS
HYTORT PROCESS
MINERAL OILS
NATURAL GAS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PEAT
PILOT PLANTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
REVIEWS
SHALE OIL
SNG PROCESSES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
U-GAS PROCESS
USA