Coal liquefaction pilot plant CRESAP, West Virginia. Monthly technical progress report, April 1977

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7280601· OSTI ID:7280601

During this period, process startup operations are essentially complete in the following sections: Flare/Relief; Hydrogen Generation; Solvent Recovery; and Seal Oil. In addition, Sections Extraction; Fractionation; Low Temperature Carbonization, and Waste Water Treatment are all well advanced into their startup schedules. Process startup of the latter three is expected to complete within two weeks. Sections Sour Water Stripper and Gas Treatment are mechanically complete; the latter is charged with process chemicals. Further preoperational testing is awaiting definition of pertinent tests. Section Solids Separation is being prepared for operation with pre-startup fluids. In Coal Feed Preparation, minor modifications have been made to provide the necessary degree of operability. Operator checkout is being conducted to maintain familiarity with the operation. In Extraction, operational checkout of equipment has started with pre-startup fluids. In Solids Separation, inspection of mechanical equipment is complete and reinstallation is in progress. Refractory curing is complete in two of the three heaters. Plans are in preparation for closed-loop operation on a cold solvent-char slurry. Solvent recovery has been checked out with fuel oil. Fractionation has been operated on a gasoline-fuel oil mixture. Further checkout of this section is required. In Extract Hydrogenation, construction effort to correct punchlist items will commence on April 25 and is expected to complete in late May. Refractory curing of heaters is in progress. In Hydrogen Compression, chemical cleaning of compressor piping is scheduled to start April 26. Test engineering efforts have included pump inspection, preparation for evaluation of test heater performance, a checkout of filtration equipment, participation in test valve/piping inspection, and followup on corrosion/erosion requirements.

• Research Organization: Fluor Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Irvine, Calif. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EX-76-C-01-1517
• OSTI ID: 7280601
• Report Number(s): FE-1517-50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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