SOLVENT-REFINED COAL: A POSSIBLE AUTOMOTIVE FUEL?

Production of liquid fuels from powdered coal has reached the large pilot scale, and a plant equivalent to a 20,000 bbl/day petroleum refinery is planned. Naphtha can be upgraded to a high octane gasoline compenent or can provide a source of benzene, toluene, and xylene. Middle distillate might fuel stationary gas turbines or, with mild hydrotreatment, some medium-speed diesels. Heavy distillate or combined fuel oil can serve in assorted industrial applications while by-product gases can supplement natural gas supplies or provide ethylene feed-stocks. Economics, as usual, will determine actual applications.

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Publication Date: 1980-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 53-59
• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Diesel fuels; Fuel oils; Gasoline; Industries; Liquefaction; Liquid fuels; Motor vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329725
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM