Synfuels uncertain and costly fuel option
Detailed descriptions are given of various second-generation coal gasification processes, including the Institute of Gas Technology's Hygas and U-Gas processes, FMC Corp.'s COGAS process, Rockwell International Corp.'s and Cities Service Co.'s flash hydropyrolysis process, and Exxon Research and Engineering Co.'s catalytic gasification; of direct coal liquefaction processes including Gulf Oil Corp.'s solvent refined coal process, Exxon Corp.'s donor solvent process, and Hydrocarbon Research Inc.'s H-Coal Process; of oil shale processes, including Oil Shale Co.'s TOSCO II process, Union Oil Co.'s steam gas recirculation process, Occidental Petroleum's modified in-situ retorting, and Dow Chemical Co.'s underground gasification process. A planned commercial-scale coal gasification facility in North Dakota, which will be based on the first-generation Lurgi process, which like the Winkler and Koppers-Totzek processes, has been proven commercially abroad; the conclusion that biomass-derived fuels other than ethanol for gasohol cannot contribute significantly to total U.S. fuel supplies by 1990; environmental problems with synthetic fuel processes; and uncertainty as to the ultimate costs of synthetic fuels are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 6379239
- Journal Information:
- Chem. Eng. News; (United States), Vol. 57:35
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Second-generation production technology
Gas processing handbook
Related Subjects
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
BIOMASS
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
COAL GASIFICATION
REVIEWS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
LURGI PROCESS
COMMERCIALIZATION
NORTH DAKOTA
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
COST
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
COGAS PROCESS
EXXON GASIFICATION PROCESS
FLASH HYDROPYROLYSIS PROCESS
H-COAL PROCESS
HYGAS PROCESS
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
OIL SHALES
OXY MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESS
TOSCO PROCESS
U-GAS PROCESS
UNION OIL PROCESS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
NORTH AMERICA
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SNG PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
010404* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Gasification
010405 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
040400 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
295000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Hydrogen & Synthetic Fuels