Overview of the 150t/d NEDOL coal liquefaction pilot plant project
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Tokyo (Japan)
- Nippon Coal Oil Co., Ltd., Ibaraki (Japan)
New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) has been carrying out some R&D projects on coal conversion technologies as a part of {open_quotes}New Sunshine Program{close_quotes} lead by Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). Coal liquefaction is one of its major concern and NEDO has been promoting the {open_quotes}NEDOL{close_quotes} process for bituminous and sub-bituminous coal liquefaction. Table 1 shows the R&D schedule of Coal liquefaction in Japan. The NEDOL process was realized in the 1 t/d process supporting unit (PSU) based on research and development work through autoclaves, bench scale plants and PDU scale plants. In the PSU, comprehensive experiments have been conducted with several kinds of coals under various operating conditions and lots of significant data have been acquired. In parallel with the research and development in the PSU, the 150 t/d pilot plant (PP) was constructed in Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture for collecting scale-up data. Construction was completed on July 1996 and after some trial operations, the first comprehensive operation was conducted on March 1997. In July, 1,012 consecutive hour coal-in-operation was achieved in the second run, followed by 1,920 hour operation in the third run (Oct 1997-Jan 1998).
- Research Organization:
- Coal and Slurry Technology Association, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 585272
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980309--PROC.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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