Production of Jet Fuels from Coal Derived Liquids. Volume 9. Results of Bench-Scale and Pilot Plant Testing

Abstract

Amoco Oil Company has conducted bench- and pilot plant-scale experiments to produce jet fuels from the tar oil from the Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant in Beulah, North Dakota. Experiments show that the hydroprocessing conditions recommended in Task I are not severe enough to saturate the aromatics in the tar oil to meet jet fuel specifications. Alternatives were investigated. Jet fuel specifications can be achieved when the tar oil is: hydrotreated in an expanded-bed hydrotreater to lower aromatics and heteroatom content; the effluent is then hydrotreated in a second, fixed bed hydrotreater; and, finally, the 550 deg F boiling fraction from the two hydrotreaters is hydrocracked to extinction. The process was verified by pilot-plant production of 2 barrels of JP-8 turbine fuel, which met all but the flash point specification for JP-8. Keywords: Turbine fuel; JP-4; JP-8, High density fuel; Great plains; Gasification plant; Tar pil; Hydrotreating; Hydrocracking; Pilot plant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209773

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  • Joe D. Fox
  • Joe G. Masin
  • Mark W. Furlong

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Contracts
  • Flash Point
  • Fuels
  • Governments
  • High Density
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Nitrogen Compounds
  • North Dakota
  • Petroleum
  • Pilot Plants
  • Production
  • United States Government

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  • Environmental science

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