Continuous gasification tests using clean pellet fuel

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6521799

The Ohio Department of Energy has sponsored an ongoing development program with McDowell-Wellman Company concerned with production and utilization of clean pellet fuel. A previous short duration gasification test carried out with pellets yielded some favorable preliminary results and more extensive tests were warranted. This report presents results of production runs and a seven-day gasification test with a Wellman-Galusha gas producer of The National Lime and Stone Company at Carey, Ohio. Four consecutive days of a gasification test were carried out with about 270 tons of clean pellet fuel and several days before and after were used for obtaining data of normal coal gasification operations for purposes of comparison. The production of the pellets in the McDowell-Wellman pilot plant provided some further operational data which are applicable to design of demonstration and commercial plant systems. These data also demonstrated the favorable production, storage, and handling characteristics of the pellets. The gasification tests showed that the pellets handled and functioned favorably in the Wellman-Galusha gas producer. In comparing the producer gas with gas made from normal select bituminous coal the following general comments refer to producer gas made from clean pellet fuel: (1) gas is cleaner and markedly lower in tar and particulate content; (2) gas is of higher moisture content and lower hydrocarbon content and lower in temperature; (3) gas is very low in sulfur verifying a marked fixation of sulfur during gas making operations.

• Research Organization: McDowell Wellman Engineering Co., Cleveland, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6521799
• Report Number(s): NP-4901803; ON: TI84901803
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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