SRC-II Demonstration Project. Phase zero, task number 1: deliverable number 5. Executive summary

Technical Report · Tue Jul 31 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5785172· OSTI ID:5785172

The SRC-II Demonstration Project is being carried out to demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of the SRC-II coal liquefaction technology in a full-scale demonstration facility. By demonstrating successfully in a well-designed and operating plant that SRC-II works on a large scale and thereby establishing the cost of producing oil from coal, it should be possible to accelerate the widespread use of this technology to aid in achieving the national energy goals. The SRC-II Demonstration Plant is designed to produce synthetic fuels and by-products. By using these products in engines and boilers, and testing their potential use in refineries and chemical plants, it should be possible during demonstration to establish that coal liquefaction can yield oil that could displace petroleum in most of its major uses. Operation of the Demonstration Plant and the use of its products under controlled conditions will confirm and establish suitable environmental, safety, and health criteria to be applied as commercialization of SRC-II and related technologies occurs. Phase Zero of the Demonstration Project has been carried out to evaluate the current status of the SRC-II Demonstration Plant design and the market and economic prospects for the products of SRC-II. In addition, the initial environmental, geotechnical, and socioeconomic work for the proposed plant site has been undertaken and management plans have been made for the next phase of the Project. Preliminary cost estimates for the Plant and the Project have been produced and The Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co. (P and M) has submitted a plan to DOE to share in the costs.

• Research Organization: Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Mining Co., Denver, CO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5785172
• Report Number(s): FE-3055-T7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
BY-PRODUCTS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COMMERCIALIZATION
COST
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
ECONOMICS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FINANCING
FUELS
LIQUEFACTION
MARKET
PLANNING
SRC-II PROCESS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES