Production of Jet Fuels from Coal Derived Liquids. Volume 3. Jet Fuels Potential of Liquid By-Products from the Great Plains Gasification Project
Abstract
Three liquid by-products from the Great Plains Gasification Project, tar oil crude phenols, and naptha, were evaluated as potential sources of military jet fuels. Tar oil, produced at about 3200 barrels per day (BPD), is a highly aromatic lignite pyrolysis liquid with a typical density of 1.01 and boiling range of about 220-975 F (104-524). Crude phenols, extracted from process water at about 900 BPD, is essentially a mixture of phenols, cresols, dihydric phenols, and naphthols, with an oxygen content averaging over 13 wt %. The naphtha is a low-boiling mixture extracted from syngas at about 725 BPD. Chief components are benzene, alkyl-benzenes, sulfur compounds, and highly variable amounts of methanol, acetone, and methylethyl-ketone, Based on these typical by-product characteristics, preliminary assessments were that the tar oil was the most promising jet fuel source, that crude phenols was a questionable source because of its high oxygen content, and that naphtha was a poor source because of its low-boiling range. Keywords: Jet fuel, Turbine fuel, JP-4, JP-8, Crude phenol, Tar oil, Naphtha, Great plains gasification plant, Coal liquids.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201393
Entities
People
- Evangelos Smith
- F. D. Guffey
- L. G. Nickerson
Organizations
- University of Wyoming