High-pressure coal fuel processor development

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6879040

Greenhalgh, M L; Wen, C S; Smith, L

Caterpillar shares DOE/METC interest in demonstrating the technology required to displace petroleum-based engine fuels with various forms of low cost coal. Current DOE/METC programs on mild gasification and coal-water-slurries are addressing two approaches to this end. Engine and fuel processor system concept studies by Caterpillar have identified a third, potentially promising, option. This option includes high-pressure fuel processing of run-of-the-mine coal and direct injection of the resulting low-Btu gas stream into an ignition assisted, high compression ratio diesel engine. The compactness and predicted efficiency of the system make it suitable for application to line-haul railroad locomotives. A successful conclusion of the program will enable further component development work and full-scale system demonstrations of this potentially important technology. This paper covers the work on fuel processor rig testing completed in FY92.

• Research Organization: Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-88MC25141
• OSTI ID: 6879040
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/25141-93/C0166; CONF-921034-39; ON: DE93005836
• Resource Relation: Conference: US Department of Energy contractors review meeting on coal-fueled heat engines, advanced PFBC and gas stream cleanup systems, Morgantown, WV (United States), 27-28 Oct 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
DIESEL ENGINES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
IGNITION
LOW BTU GAS
PRESSURIZATION
TEST FACILITIES
ENGINES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
010404* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Gasification
330102 - Internal Combustion Engines- Diesel