Great Plains Gasification Project status report

Conference · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6006268

Pollock, D C

The Great Plains Gasification Project is the first commercial synthetic fuels project based on coal conversion in the US. The goal is to convert North Dakota lignite into pipeline quality synthetic natural gas (SNG). The project consists of an open pit coal mine, a gasification plant, and an SNG pipeline in Mercer County, North Dakota. The project took 12 years from its conception to the production in 1984 of SNG for users. The author describes the plant's basic processes, the start-up activities and schedule, and some of the more interesting start-up problems.

• Research Organization: Great Plains Gasification Associates, Beulah, ND
• OSTI ID: 6006268
• Report Number(s): CONF-850301-
• Journal Information: Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Vol. 12; Conference: 12. annual energy technology conference and exposition, Washington, DC, USA, 25 Mar 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL GASIFICATION
COMMERCIALIZATION
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
START-UP
NORTH DAKOTA
LIGNITE
PERFORMANCE
SURFACE MINING
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
BROWN COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MATERIALS
MINING
NORTH AMERICA
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
010404* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Gasification