Coal demonstration plants. Quarterly report, January--March 1977

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6635014· OSTI ID:6635014

The objective of ERDA's demonstration program is to establish the technical and financial feasibility of coal conversion technologies proven during pilot plant testing. Demonstration plants will minimize the technical and economic risks of commercialization by providing a near commercial size plant for testing and production. Thus, ERDA is sponsoring the development of a series of demonstration plants, each of which will be a smaller version of commercial plants envisioned for the 1980's. These plants will be wholly integrated, self-sufficient in terms of heat generation, and dependent only on feedstock of coal, water, and air. Under the ERDA program, contracts for designing, constructing, and operating the demonstration plants will be awarded through competitive procedures and will be jointly funded. The conceptual design phase will be funded by the government, with the detailed design, procurement, construction, and operation phases being co-funded, 50% from industry and 50% from the government. The cost involved in building and operating a demonstration plant will probably be between $200 million and $500 million, depending on the size of the plant. The processes to be demonstrated include the conversion of coal to liquid fuels, high-Btu gaseous pipeline fuels, and low-Btu fuel gas. Other processes will be demonstrated as they become available. Two of these demonstration plant projects are described briefly, including progress in the quarter. Certain support and technical assistance operations are described, in particular several coal feeder development programs for coal gasification plants. (LTN)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Coal Conversion; Cameron Engineers, Inc., Denver, CO (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 6635014
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET-0027/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
010405 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUEFACTION PLANTS
COALCON PROCESS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
ENGINEERING
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
GASIFICATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS