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Plan for sale, use, or disposition of demonstration plant products and by-products. Phase I: the Pipeline Gas Demonstration Plant

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6495828
Contract No. EF-77-C-01-2542 between the United States Department of Energy and Conoco Inc. provides for the design, construction, and operation of a demonstration plant capable of converting high-sulfur bituminous caking coal into clean pipeline quality gas. One of the assignments under the contract is to formulate plans for the sale, use, or disposition of all products and by-products that will be produced in the Demonstration Plant during construction and operations. The products and by-products include pipeline quality gas (SNG), ammonia, sulfur, crude phenols, tar, oil, naphtha, slag, and run-of-mine Ohio No. 9 coal uncovered during site preparation work. The SNG will be sold to a gas transmission company. The ammonia, sulfur and naphtha will be sold to companies that use or market these substances. The tar, oil, and crude phenols will be consumed in the Demonstration Plant or marketed to a third party for upgrading. The slag will be buried in a landfill area on the plant site. The run-of-mine Ohio No. 9 coal uncovered during site preparation work will be sold to a coal company in the Noble County area.
Research Organization:
Conoco, Inc., Stamford, CT (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-77ET13060
OSTI ID:
6495828
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/13060-T4; FE-2542-37; ON: DE81024967
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English