Open AccessRefining and end use study of coal liquids. Quarterly report, April--June 1996
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/415809
Subject(s) - oil refinery , refinery , waste management , refining (metallurgy) , capital cost , raw material , engineering , coal , petroleum , work (physics) , environmental science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , chemistry , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , biology
Bechtel, with Southwest Research Institute, Amoco Oil R&D, and the M.W. Kellogg Co. as subcontractors, initiated a study on November 1, 1993, for the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC) to determine the most cost effective and suitable combination of existing petroleum refinery processes needed to make specification transportation fuels or blending stocks, from direct and indirect coal liquefaction product liquids. This 47-month study, with an approved budget of $4.4 million dollars, is being performed under DOE Contract Number DE-AC22-93PC91029. A key objective is to determine the most desirable ways of integrating coal liquefaction liquids into existing petroleum refineries to produce transportation fuels meeting current and future, e.g. year 2000, Clean Air Act Amendment (CAAA) standards. An integral part of the above objectives is to test the fuels or blends produced and compare them with established ASTM fuels. The comparison will include engine tests to ascertain compliance of the fuels produced with CAAA and other applicable fuel quality and performance standards