Coal/Biomass-to-Liquids Demonstration Testing for DLA Energy: Report on Project Tests, Evaluations, and Recommendations

Abstract

This project conducted testing to assess whether liquid fuel can be produced commercially from coal and biomass mixtures while meeting the requirements of Section 526, which requires that GHG emissions from alternative fuels purchased by federal agencies be less than or equal to emissions from conventional petroleum fuel. This report describes the wide variety of gasification equipment, coals, and biomass used, and reports and analyzes the test results. Additionally, the team worked with DOE NETL to conduct life cycle and economic analyses of the demonstration scale test results applied to commercial scale production, with the goal of demonstrating the capability of CBTL to meet Section 526.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622984

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People

  • Thomas M. Maloney

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorific Value
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Fluids
  • Gaseous Fuels
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Liquids
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Natural Gas

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Petroleum Engineering
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