Gravimelt process development. Quarterly technical progress report

Technical Report · Sat Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6625377

Evaluation of the mod 1 continuous bench-scale reactor was completed. A 3% mass balance error was obtained in the final test series using Pittsburgh and Upper Freeport coals, well within the target 10% maximum. Based on operating experience, a mod 2 design was finalized and installation is nearly complete. This design is expected to overcome problems caused by foaming. Pittsburgh coal, which was found to foam and requires aggressive reaction conditions to clean, was selected for testing in the mod 2 reactor. Laboratory batch data were used to study the variation found within four different Pittsburgh seam coal samples and the effect of particle size. Reactor stirring effects also were studied in support of the mod 2 design.

• Research Organization: TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-81PC42295
• OSTI ID: 6625377
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/42295-T5; ON: DE83002234
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010402 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Purification & Upgrading
013000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COAL PREPARATION
COMMINUTION
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRAVIMELT PROCESS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE SIZE
SIZE
VARIATIONS