Preliminary design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. Quarterly technical progress report, 1 July 1981-30 September 1981

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6642795

The prosecution of the technical aspects of the Statement of Work leading to the engineering design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant proceeded at an accelerated pace. The procurement of data for proprietary processes other than the mandated Texaco Coal Gasification Process (TCGP) and Mobil Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) Process was advanced by fixing the process design operating conditions of the TCGP, thereby allowing specification of downstream processing unit requirements. Specific licensors and proprietary processes selected for incorporation into the gasoline plant's overall design are Air Liquide, Inc. for air separation technology, Lotepro Corporation for acid gas removal, The Ralph M. Parsons Company (Parsons) for Claus sulfur recovery and The Beavon-Stretford Sulfur Recovery Process, and Lurgi Corporation for methanol synthesis. The analysis of alternative processes and preparation of Process Selection Study Reports by Parsons followed by review, comment and/or approval by Grace represents a major portion of the gasoline plant design effort during the reporting period. Following receipt of DOE's concurrence with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) determination that an EIS would be required as a prerequisite to construction and operation of the gasoline plant, dialogues were established among Grace, DOE, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers (COE) for the purpose of establishing the LFA and among Grace, EPA and COE to ascertain the requirements of both EPA and COE for the preparation of an EIS. Agreement was reached on COE's serving as the LFA.

• Research Organization: Grace (W.R.) and Co., Memphis, TN (USA). Agricultural Chemicals Group
• DOE Contract Number: FC02-80ET14759
• OSTI ID: 6642795
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/14759-T11-DEL-9-4; ON: DE83002844
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALCOHOLS
BEAVON PROCESS
CHEMICAL PLANTS
CLAUS PROCESS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FLUIDS
GASES
GASIFICATION
GASOLINE PLANTS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
METHANOL
MOBIL M-GASOLINE PROCESS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN PLANTS
PURIFICATION
RECOVERY
STRETFORD PROCESS
SULFUR
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES