High-Btu gas via in-situ coal gasification. [Review of Hoe Creek experiments]

Conference · Mon Oct 30 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6529956

Stephens, D R; Hill, R W; Burwell, E L

Underground coal gasification offers a relatively low cost, environmentally sound method to produce SNG from coal. The resource is huge and widely distributed. The results of recent underground coal gasification tests in the U.S. have been very encouraging. A brief review of the technology is given followed by a description of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's recent underground coal gasification experiment, Hoe Creek No. 2, in which gas of 100 to 150 Btu/scf was produced using air injection, and 250 to 300 Btu/scf when injecting steam and oxygen. Plans for future experiments are also described.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6529956
• Report Number(s): UCRL-81814; CONF-781045-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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