Liquefaction project at Albany, Oregon. Final technical progress report

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5858899· OSTI ID:5858899

The nation currently faces an ever growing shortage in available energy resources in the areas of liquid and gaseous fuels. To meet growing demands for these fuels, the United States government has embarked on a wide ranging program to develop alternate sources of energy. As part of this program, the US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Division, is developing technologies for the production of gaseous and liquid fuels by the thermochemical conversion of biomass materials. The experiments presently being conducted at the Albany, Oregon test facility are an important part of this program. The Albany facility is a 3 tons per day biomass liquefaction plant designed for the liquefaction of wood and other cellulosic material. The major objectives in the first year's activities at Albany were to verify the original process data, to evaluate the process equipment, and to develop a preliminary conceptual design and economic assessment. This report describes the work performed to achieve these objectives. Section 1 provides a brief background on the liquefaction of biomass. Section 2 provides a summary and conclusion of the findings in this report. Section 3 describes plant commissioning activities including the original process; the commissioning procedure; and the process, equipment, and safety modifications performed. Section 4 discusses process operating results. Section 5 discusses areas needing further study. Development of a commercial process design and economic analysis of the present and future status of the biomass liquefaction concept are described in Section 6.

• Research Organization: Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA). Research and Engineering Div.
• OSTI ID: 5858899
• Report Number(s): SAN-1338-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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