Slagging fixed-bed gasification at the Grand Forks Energy Research Center
The recent high level of interest in slagging fixed-bed gasification, as evidenced by the studies at Westfield, Scotland, and the selection by ERDA of this process for a demonstration plant, indicates that this may be the process of choice for second generation gasifiers. This brief summary has been prepared to describe pilot plant facilities and capabilities of the only existing slagging fixed bed gasification pilot plant in the United States. In addition the objectives of the slagging gasification research program which was reestablished in 1974 at the Grand Forks Energy Research Center of ERDA are presented. The slagging gasification pilot plant was first designed and operated under the Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Interior, during the period 1958 to 1965 to determine the feasibility of slagging operation and to assess operational parameters. From 1965 until 1974 the pilot plant was essentially maintained in a moth-ball status. Operation of the GFERC gasifier was resumed in May of 1976 after reconditioning the unit and installing a new oxygen supply system. To date, the resumed operations have been primarily directed at training operating personnel, developing sampling and analytical procedures, and establishing reproducibility in operating data.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Research and Development Administration, Grand Forks, ND (USA). Grand Forks Energy Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 7311876
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-761064-6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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