LP-gas from coal, even wood will supplement supply

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Butane-Propane News; (United States)

OSTI ID:6335959

Roberts, W

Two coal-gasification processes that can produce LPG as a by-product are the Institute of Gas Technology's (IGT) Hyflex process which yields high-quality gasoline as the dominant product, and Gulf Oil Corp.'s SRC II process which produces fuel oil and high-octane, lead-free gasoline as the major products. IGT's Hyflex process can also produce LPG from biomass or wood. A commercial plant would cost $1 billion, would produce methane at $4-$6/1000 cu ft and other fuels at a Btu equivalent cost. Such a plant would use 16,000-20,000 tons/day of coal to produce the equivalent of 250 million cu ft/day or 50,000 bbl/day of crude. The Gulf SRC II process, which is in the demonstration plant stage, can feed 30,000 tons/day of coal on a commercial level, and would yield, at a cost of $30/bbl crude oil equivalent, a stream of 50 million cu ft of methane, 3000 tons/day of an ethane/propane stream, butane at 300 tons/day, naphtha at 17,000 bbl/day, and fuel oil at 57,000 bbl/day. Initial cost of a commercial plant would be $2-$2.5 billion. A detailed description of the processes is given.

• OSTI ID: 6335959
• Journal Information: Butane-Propane News; (United States), Journal Name: Butane-Propane News; (United States) Vol. 12:10; ISSN BUPNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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