Preliminary design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. Quarterly technical progress report, 1 October 1981-31 December 1981

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6642786

The technical efforts associated with the Statement of Work (SOW) for the preliminary engineering design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant (gasoline plant) continued at an accelerated rate. Revisions were necessitated by a reduction in funding available to the Cooperative Agreement (CA) to $11.3 million. This report reflects those changes. Analysis of alternative processes, preparation of Process Selection Study Reports by Parsons, approval by Grace, and final selection of the remaining proprietary processes and specific licensors were completed. The major process technologies and vendors to be utilized in the gasoline plant design are as follows: coal grinding - Kennedy Van Saun; air separation system - Air Liquide of North America; coal gasification - Texaco Development Corporation; waste heat recovery - Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft; acid gas removal - Lotepro/Linde Aktiengesellschaft (Rectisol); sulfur recovery - The Ralph M. Parsons Company (Claus); sulfur tail gas recovery - The Ralph M. Parsons Company (Beavon-Stretford); methanol synthesis - Lurgi Corp.; alkylation - Phillips Oil Company; and flue gas desulfurization - Research-Cottrell. In furtherance of the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as required by the revised CA SOW, the US Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Louisville, was determined to be the Lead Federal Agency (LFA) and Grace competitively selected Dames and Moore as Environmental Consultant for the preparation of the EIS under LFA supervision. Other contract modifications are described briefly.

• Research Organization: Grace (W.R.) and Co., Memphis, TN (USA). Agricultural Chemicals Group
• DOE Contract Number: FC02-80ET14759
• OSTI ID: 6642786
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/14759-T11-DEL-9-5; ON: DE83002845
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALCOHOLS
ALKYLATION
BEAVON PROCESS
CHEMICAL PLANTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLAUS PROCESS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
DESIGN
DESULFURIZATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GASIFICATION
GASOLINE PLANTS
GRINDING MACHINES
HEAT RECOVERY
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MACHINE TOOLS
METHANOL
MOBIL M-GASOLINE PROCESS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN PLANTS
RECOVERY
SHIFT PROCESSES
STRETFORD PROCESS
SULFUR
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOOLS
WASTES