Survey of synfuel technology for lignite

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6520396

Sondreal, E A

The most important market for lignite will continue to be the electric utility industry, where it is used to fuel large pc-fired boilers serving major regional power grids. However, the growth of this market and thechnology is being challenged by new and more stringent environmental control requirements, including the international concern over acid rain. Environmental and economic issues could either encourage or limit the development of a synfuels market for lignite depending on the cost effectiveness of the technological solutions that are developed. Clearly the United States needs to develop its coal resources to reduce dependence on imported oil. However, demand for coal derived substitute petroleum will be constrained by cost for the forseeable future. Government policy initiatives and new technology will be the keys to removing these constraints in the decades ahead. A crossover point with respect to petroleum and natural gas will be reached at some point in the future, which will allow synthetic fuels to penetrate the markets now served by oil and gas. Those of us who are today concerned with the development of lignite resources can look forward to participating in the major synfuels market that will emerge when those economic conditions are realized.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Grand Forks, ND (USA). Grand Forks Energy Technology Center
• OSTI ID: 6520396
• Report Number(s): DOE/FC-1008; CONF-820769-1; ON: DE83006573
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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