South Africa details its second SASOL project
Journal Article
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· Coal Age; (United States)
OSTI ID:7327549
The state-run South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corp. Ltd. (SASOL) will build its second oil-from-coal complex using the Synthol process, perfected at its first oil-from-coal plant, in order to be on stream in 1979--1981. SASOL 1 provides less than 4% of the country's automotive fuels, but SASOL 2 will give the equivalent of 42% of market demand for automotive fuels (34% of market demand in 1980 if demand increases at 7%/yr). SASOL 1 consumes 4.5 million tons/yr of coal, of which half is for generating steam and electric power. SASOL 2 will draw electrical power from other sources and maximize the conversion of 14 million tons/yr of coal to oil. SASOL 1 processes part of its gas via a Fischer--Tropsch plant to produce heavier hydrocarbons and wax, and part in a Synthol plant producing LPG, butylenes, naphthas, furnace oils, and oxygenated materials. SASOL 2, using only the Synthol process, will have a gasoline output of about 17 million metric tons/yr. The plant will employ a total labor force of 7500, including 5400 Africans (3200 directly in mining of coal).
- OSTI ID:
- 7327549
- Journal Information:
- Coal Age; (United States), Journal Name: Coal Age; (United States) Vol. 80:2; ISSN COAAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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