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The zinc chloride process for the hydrocracking of coal
Author(s) -
Biasca F. E.,
Greene C. R.,
Clark W. E.,
Struck R. T.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440040208
Subject(s) - gallon (us) , gasoline , coal , octane rating , waste management , octane , zinc , cracking , engineering , environmental science , chemistry , organic chemistry
The molten zinc chloride process is a unique hydrocracking system that converts coal to gasoline in a single step. an economically attractive process is currently under development at the one ton per day process development unit (PDU) scale. the design and economics of a plant to produce 53,000 bbl/day of gasoline with 90–92 unleaded research octane number from Western coal is discussed. the construction cost of the plant will be about 1.9 billion dollars (1979); the cost of manufacturing gasoline is about 76c/ gallon (20c/litre).