Refining and upgrading of synfuels from coal and oil shales by advanced catalytic processes

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6102884

Sullivan, R F; O'Rear, D J; Frumkin, H A

Two H-Coal syncrudes derived from Illinois No. 6 and Wyodak coals were refined in an extensive program which included pilot plant and laboratory studies. These studies demonstrated that advanced, commercial petroleum technology can be used to refine these syncrudes to gasoline, jet, diesel, and heating fuels. The H-Coal syncrudes have a low hydrogen content, compared to petroleum, and high concentrations of oxygen and nitrogen impurities. These syncrudes are a blend of two H-Coal distillates boiling between C/sub 5/ and 680/sup 0/F. Consequently, they contain no residua and have about 95% boiling in the gasoline or diesel fuel ranges. With these properties, an appropriate way to refine the sycrudes is by hydroprocessing. Hydroprocessing yields a volume of finished products which is almost equivalent to the original volume of syncrude. In addition, the heteroatoms are ultimately removed as sulfur and salable ammonia. The engineering studies provided estimates of the refining costs.

• Research Organization: Chevron Research Co., Richmond, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-76ET10532
• OSTI ID: 6102884
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/10532-T3; FE-2315-61; ON: DE82001127
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
COST
DATA
DIESEL FUELS
DISTILLATES
DISTILLATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
GASOLINE
H-COAL PROCESS
HEATING OILS
HYDROGENATION
INFORMATION
JET ENGINE FUELS
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
LIQUIDS
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PROCESSING
REFINING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES