Overview of coal liquefaction in the US Department of Energy

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6413790

Lacey, J J

Processes for converting coal to synthetic liquid fuels are being improved so that clean fuels can be produced commercially. Emphasis is on the production of fuels for industrial and electric utility boilers and on synthetic crude oils for upgrading to liquids for transportation and home heating. Three processes, now in the pilot plant phase, are known as second-generation coal liquefaction processes, and include SRC, H-COAL and Donor Solvent Processes. DOE is supporting operation of the 50 T/D SRC pilot plant located at Ft. Lewis where the operating contractor is the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company. A 6 T/D SRC plant is operated in Wilsonville, Alabama by Southern Company Services, Incorporated, with support of DOE and EPRI. DOE and a consortium of industrial sponsors are supporting the design, construction, and operation of a 600 T/D H-COAL pilot plant at Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Responsibility for design of the plant is assigned to Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc. will operate the plant. Under a cooperative agreement, DOE and Exxon Research and Engineering Company together with other industrial partners are supporting development of the Donor Solvent Process. A.G. McKee Co. is the engineering design and procurement contractor and Daniel Construction is the erection contractor for the 250 T/D pilot plant now under construction at Baytown, Texas. The Cresap Test Facility in cresap, West Virginia, has been placed in operation to evaluate liquefaction processes. The operating contractor is Liquefied Coal Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Fluor Engineers and Constructors, Inc. Third-generation processes are being funded since they offer significant potential improvements over second-generation processes. The Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International is developing the technology for Partial Liquefaction by Direct Hydrogenation (Flash Liquefaction).

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center
• OSTI ID: 6413790
• Report Number(s): CONF-790615-30; ON: DE83008415
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BOILER FUELS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CS-R PROCESS
DECOMPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY POLICY
EXTRACTION
EXXON LIQUEFACTION PROCESS
FLUIDS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASIFICATION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
H-COAL PROCESS
HYDROGENATION
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
LIQUIDS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
PILOT PLANTS
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
REFINING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
REVIEWS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SRC PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA