Phase I: the pipeline gas demonstration plant. Design and evaluation of commercial plant. Volume 1. Executive summary
Contract No. EF-77-C-01-2542 between Continental Oil Company and the U.S. Department of Energy requires Continental Oil to design, construct and operate a Demonstration Plant capable of converting bituminous caking coal into pipeline quality gas. A Commercial Plant has been designed to manufacture 241.7 million standard cubic feet per stream day of 960 Btu/SCF pipeline quality gas from 21,367 tons per day of Illinois No. 6 coal, including the coal requirements for both gasification and steam/power generation. The product gas is estimated to cost $6.60 per million Btu for industrial financing (12% DCF, 20-year life) and $5.14 per million Btu for public utility financing (average over 20 years). The total plant investment is estimated to be 1.1 billion dollars. The Commercial Plant is based on commercially-proven processes and technology except for the gasification and methanation steps. The gasification process is based on technology held by British Gas Corporation and Lurgi Kohle und Mineraloeltechnik GmbH. The innovative features of this process applied to bituminous caking coals is being determined on a large pilot plant at Westfield, Scotland. The methanation technology is held by Conoco Methanation Company and was demonstrated on a semicommercial scale in 1973--1974 at Westfield, Scotland. The plant is designed for zero waste water discharge and for minimal discharge of pollutants to the atmosphere.
- Research Organization:
- Continental Oil Co., Stamford, CT (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6074769
- Report Number(s):
- FE-2542-10(Vol.1)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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