U-GAS demonstration plant program

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6977470

Patel, J G; Loeding, J W

A joint program to design, construct, and operate an industrial fuel-gas demonstration plant in Memphis, Tennessee, has been undertaken by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLGW) and the US Department of Energy (DOE). The facility will use the Institute of Gas Technology's U-GAS process to produce fuel gas equivalent to 50 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. The plant will use as feed 3200 tons/day of western Kentucky coal. To date, main activities have been the design of the plant and, in support of the design, operation of the U-GAS pilot plant, the compilation of an environmental report, and estimation of plant cost. This constitutes the work done under Phase I; Phases II and III, which will conclude detailed plant design and construction in Phase II and plant operations in Phase III, have been the subject of recent successful negotiations between DOE and MLGW. The cost of Phases II and III will be shared between the two signatories. The goal of the demonstration plant program is to test the feasibility of a multiple-user coal gasification plant located in the southwest corner of Memphis, Tennessee.

• OSTI ID: 6977470
• Report Number(s): CONF-8010150-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BEAVON PROCESS
CALORIFIC VALUE
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXYSULFIDE
CHALCOGENIDES
CLAUS PROCESS
COAL GASIFICATION
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
COST
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ELEMENTS
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
NONMETALS
PILOT PLANTS
PLANNING
PURIFICATION
RECOVERY
REMOVAL
SELEXOL PROCESS
STRETFORD PROCESS
SULFIDES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
U-GAS PROCESS