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Main Title Environmental and Economic Aspects of Indirect Coal Liquefaction Processes: A Report Emphasizing the Relationship between Product Mix and Efficiency.
Author Hoffman, Lawrence ;
CORP Author Hoffman-Holt, Inc., Silver Spring, MD.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-68-02-3671; EPA-600/7-81-153;
Stock Number PB82-103581
Additional Subjects Environmental surveys ; Economic analysis ; Methyl alcohol ; Air pollution ; Water pollution ; Performance evaluation ; Technology ; Thermal efficiency ; Coal liquefaction ; Lurgi process ; Fischer-Tropsch synthesis ; Solid wastes
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NTIS  PB82-103581 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
This report covers environmental and economic aspects of three indirect liquefaction processes. Specifically, the following are addressed: U.S. coal resources; the Lurgi/Methanol, Lurgi/Methanol/Mobil M, and the Lurgi/Fischer-Tropsch indirect coal liquefaction processes; and environmental and economic aspects associated with the considered processes. Even though our coal resources are considered very large, the life expectancy of currently defined reserves would be quite limited if we were to derive an appreciable part of our fossil-fuel-derived energy from coal. The conservation of coal resources would be affected by conversion efficiencies, which vary with process and product mix. For the processes considered, for similar liquid-to-gas ratio values (product mix), the coal-to-methanol is the most efficient while the Fischer-Tropsch is the least efficient. For these processes, the cost per Btu of product at reasonable equivalent liquid/gas ratios is greatest for Fischer-Tropsch and the least for the coal-to-methanol process.