Conference on Coal Gasification Systems and Synthetic Fuels for Power Generation: proceedings. Volume 2: Sections 23-40

Conference · Sat Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6281245

This Conference on Coal Gasification and Synthetic Fuels for Power Generation, held at The Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, April 14-18, 1985, focused on the status of technology, the production of synthetic fuels, and the emergence of advanced power systems for the commercial generation of electric power from coal, oil shale, and tar sands. It is the second conference cosponsored by the Juelich Nuclear Research Center, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany's Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, and EPRI. The previous conference, held in the fall of 1980, had a sense of urgency to it because, after an unforeseen supply interruption, the Arab embargo rapidly escalated oil prices. Since then, the thrust of development work on liquid fuels from coal and tar sands has apparently moved from the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, Canada, and other countries. These foreign programs have provided bases for commercial plants that it is hoped, will supplement supplies of petroleum and natural gas in the 1990s. Despite the technological advances, competitive liquid fuels from coal, shale oil, and tar sands for power generation will not be available unless marked changes are made in US policy and bold initiatives are taken by petroleum companies. In contrast, large-scale coal gasification systems represent a lively and competitive technological arena, with a number of successful applications both in the United States and abroad. These systems offer competitive modular installations that have the potential to solve environmental problems and that can be installed quickly with modest increments in system generation capacity. On the basis of the data that are emerging from pioneer demonstration plants, these systems are efficient and reliable. Eighteen papers from Volume 2 have been entered into EDB and ERA.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6281245
• Report Number(s): EPRI-AP-4257-SR-Vol.2; CONF-850409-Vol.2; ON: TI86920119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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