Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Solvent Refined Coal (SRC) process. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1979-March 1979

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6997019· OSTI ID:6997019

This report summarizes the progress of the Solvent Refined Coal (SRC) Project by the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co. for the Department of Energy for the period January 1, 1979 to March 31, 1979. Activities included the operation and modification of the Solvent Refined Coal Pilot Plant at Fort Lewis, Washington; the Process Development Unit P-99 at Harmarville, Pennsylvania; and research at Merriam Laboratory in Merriam, Kansas. The Pilot Plant processed Powhatan No. 5 Coal in the SRC-II mode of operation studying the effect of coal particle size and system temperature on coal slurry blending and the effect of carbon monoxide concentration in the reaction feed gas on process yields. January and February were spent completing installation of a fourth High Pressure Separator on Process Development Unit P-99 to better simulate operating conditions for the proposed Demonstration Plant. During March, one run was completed at P-99 feeding Pittsburgh Seam Coal from the Powhatan No. 5 Mine. Merriam investigations included a study of the effect of iron containing additives on SRC-I operation, the addition of carbon monoxide to the feed gas, utilization of a hydrogenated solvent (Cresap process solvent) in the SRC-I mode under both normal and short residence time operating conditions, and development of a simulated distillation technique to determine the entire boiling range distribution of product oils.

Research Organization:
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co., Denver, CO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-76ET10104
OSTI ID:
6997019
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/10104-T5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Solvent Refined Coal (SRC) process. Annual technical progress report, January-December 1978
Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · OSTI ID:6375856

Solvent Refined Coal (SRC) process. Quarterly technical progress report, July 1-September 30, 1978
Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1977 · OSTI ID:5669510

Solvent refined coal (SRC) process
Technical Report · Sun Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1980 · OSTI ID:6823190