Heat from a coal-oil slurry mixture

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6235569

Heat from a coal-oil slurry mixture could be an alternative to oil alone, for drying agricultural products, when immediate replacement of oil-burning equipment is uneconomical. Acurex Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.) will demonstrate this concept for tobacco drying at Loew's Corp., Lorillard Division (Danville, Va). The Acurex concept involves burning pulverized coal, held in liquid suspension and mixed with oil, in boiler equipment designed to burn oil. Acurex has a $2 million contract from ERDA to make the idea work. Acurex views slurry technology as near term, meaning that only minor problems need be solved to make it cost-competitive with oil burning systems.

• OSTI ID: 6235569
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 11:7; ISSN ESTHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
014000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320301* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Energy Sources
BURNERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
CONTRACTS
DISPERSIONS
DRYING
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL OILS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
HEAT
LIQUID FUELS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OIL BURNERS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
TOBACCO
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS