Environmental Development Plan (EDP). Coal liquefaction program, FY 1977
This document addresses the following fossil fuel technologies associated with ERDA's Coal Liquefaction Program for the development of coal or coal-derived fuels in the following process categories: Direct hydrogenation, solvent extraction, pyrolysis, and indirect liquefaction. For each developing technology the EDP (a) considers all potential areas of environmental, health, and safety problems, (b) determines needed activities for each problem, and (c) identifies applicable ongoing activities. The requirements for new environmental research are defined, taking into consideration work which has been accomplished or is underway. The environmental research requirements are categorized as follows: Characterization and monitoring of pollutants, evaluation of environmental control techniques, evaluation of potential ecological effects, evaluation of potential health and safety effects, analysis of pollutant transport and transformation phenomena, analysis of interaction and synergistic impacts, EIA/EIS preparation, water resources assessment, evaluation of the applicability and enforcement of emission, effluent, waste disposal and health and safety standards. Although many of the issues associated with conventional fossil-fuel utilization are common to coal conversion processes, liquefaction technology also presents the following unique environmental, health and safety issues: development of industrial hygiene programs and safeguards to protect workers; identification of materials with carcinogenic, mutagenic and related effects, their sources and controls; characterization and treatment of wastes and fugitive emissions and effluents; and, disposal of sludges and solid wastes.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6818901
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EDP-0012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
294001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Coal
AIR POLLUTION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
DECOMPOSITION
DIAGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXTRACTION
FLOWSHEETS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGENATION
LEGISLATION
LIQUEFACTION
MANAGEMENT
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
POLLUTION
PYROLYSIS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION