(Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center) quarterly technical progress report for the period ending December 31, 1987

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6727713

The Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC) concluded Clean Coal Technology negotiations with: Coal Tech Corp., Babcock and Wilcox, and Energy and Environmental Resources, Inc. (EER). The $800,000 Coal Tech project will demonstrate that an external wall-mounted, 30 MMBtu/hr, advanced-cyclone-action coal combustor can be successfully retrofitted onto a 23 MMBtu/hr industrial boiler designed for oil firing with a minimum reduction in Btu output. The Coal Tech cyclone burner was successfully operated for more than 50 hours. Progress to date in demonstrating the use of the cyclone combustor technology with dry pulverized coal at an industrial scale has been very good. Babcock and Wilcox' $19.4 million two-part project to develop retrofit acid rain precursor technologies began construction activities. Much of the apparatus necessary for demonstration of the Coolside and Limb processes was installed. The potential of gas reburning and sorbent injection technologies applied in tandem to enhance the use of coals will be investigated by EER. Also, agreement was reached with Ohio-Ontario Clean Fuels, Inc., of Warren, Ohio, and negotiations are proceeding with TRW Energy Products Group of El Segundo, California. Ohio-Ontario Clean Fuels will construct a prototype commercial plant that will coprocess coal and residual petroleum to produce clean liquid fuels. TRW has proposed to demonstrate an advanced coal combustor that could be attached to existing coal, oil, and, perhaps, gas-designed boilers. Termed a ''slagging combustor'' because it removes coal ash in the form of a molten slag, the technology is similar to a unit currently being developed for commercial sale by TRW. A key distinction in the proposed demonstration effort would be the addition of several techniques designed to remove potential sulfur pollutants.

• Research Organization: USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA
• OSTI ID: 6727713
• Report Number(s): DOE/PETC/QTR-88/1; ON: DE88015351
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat
ACID RAIN
ADDITIVES
ADSORBENTS
AGGLOMERATION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
ASHES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BOILERS
BOTTOMING CYCLES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE ROCKS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
COAL PREPARATION
COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION KINETICS
COMBUSTORS
COMMINUTION
CONCENTRATORS
CONTROL
CONVERSION
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
COPROCESSING
CYCLONE COMBUSTORS
CYCLONE SEPARATORS
DEASHING
DECOMPOSITION
DEPOSITION
DERIVATIZATION
DESIGN
DESULFURIZATION
DEVOLATILIZATION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRY SCRUBBERS
ELECTROSTATICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
FLOTATION
FLUE GAS
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION
HYDRAULIC TRANSPORT
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INERTIAL SEPARATORS
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON SULFIDES
KINETICS
LICADO PROCESS
LIMESTONE
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID PHASE METHANOL PROCESS
LIQUIDS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MECHANICS
METALLIC GLASSES
METHANE
METHANOL
MHD GENERATOR CDIF
MHD GENERATORS
MICROORGANISMS
MINERALS
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM RESIDUES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PITTSBURGH ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PRECURSOR
PROCESSING
PROGRESS REPORT
PULSE COMBUSTION
PULSE COMBUSTORS
PYRITE
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
RAIN
REACTION KINETICS
REDUCTION
REFINING
REMOVAL
RESIDUES
RETROFITTING
RHEOLOGY
ROCKS
SCRUBBERS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SLURRIES
SOUND WAVES
SULFIDE MINERALS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SUSPENSIONS
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TOPPING CYCLES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSPORT
TSL PROCESS
ULTRASONIC WAVES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
WAXES