DOE steps up research on synthetic fuels

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Pipe Line Ind.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6522846

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded contracts to Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co. and to Southern Company to design plants for the conversion of 6000 tons/day of coal by two variations of the Solvent Refined Coal (SRC) process The Federal research effort is focused on direct liquefaction by hydrogen addition, including the SRC process; the Exxon Donor Solvent (EDS) process, for which Exxon Corp. plans to scale up technology to a 250 ton/day pilot plant; and Hydrocarbon Research Inc.'s H-Coal process, for which a 2000 bbl/day pilot plant is under construction. The roles of other companies in the coal liquefaction research are also discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6522846
• Journal Information: Pipe Line Ind.; (United States), Journal Name: Pipe Line Ind.; (United States) Vol. 49:3; ISSN PLINA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
294001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Coal
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL PREPARATION PLANTS
CONTRACTS
DESIGN
EXXON LIQUEFACTION PROCESS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
H-COAL PROCESS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PILOT PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SRC PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS