KILnGAS RAM I (Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability) test report

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6917979

This report presents a summary of findings and results of the first phase of the KILnGAS Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) test program. The first phase, known as RAM I, was completed in April 1986. The second step, RAM IIA, is scheduled for completion by the end of 1986; and the third step, RAM IIB, is planned to be completed by the third quarter of 1987. The RAM test program is being conducted by Allis-Chalmers Coal Gas Corporation using the KILnGAS Commercial Module (KCM). The KCM is a 600-ton-per-day coal gasification plant located in East Alton, Illinois, on the site of the Illinois Power Company's Wood River Generating Station. The KCM is designed to provide approximately 400 million Btu per hour of clean low-Btu gaseous fuel to a corner-fired 50 megawatt steam boiler. Design and construction of the plant was started in 1980. Commissioning and startup tests were initiated in mid-1983, and performance tests, which verified the technical feasibility of the KILnGAS process, using Illinois No. 6 coal, were concluded in December 1984. The RAM I program began on January 1, 1985. The overall goal of the RAM I program was to improve plant performance beyond that experienced during the 1984 demonstration run. This included modifications of the plant, principally to the ash discharge system, to permit operation at increased carbon conversion levels. Subsequent test results were generally positive. 19 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Allis-Chalmers Coal Gas Corp., Milwaukee, WI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-85MC22146
• OSTI ID: 6917979
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/22146-2236; ON: DE87001042
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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