Clean Fuels from Coal for Power Generation

Abstract There is a need today for more clean energy than ever before. Oil and gas shortages have made themselves felt during the past year, and these shortages will continue to worsen. Coal is available throughout the United States and can be that source of clean fuels required to make the country self-sufficient in oil and gas. A major impact can be made on oil and gas supplies by substituting in power plants clean fuels derived from coal. This can be done by converting high-sulfur coals into a fuel gas and/or oil of low-sulfur content to meet any environmental requirement. The Char-Oil-Energy Development (COED) process is one method for accomplishing this conversion of coal to clean fuels. It has been developed by the FMC Corporation under contract to the Office of Coal Research (OCR), Department of the Interior. The technology from this OCR program, together with added technology on char gasification, can be adapted for scaling up to a commercially sized plant for generating clean fuels for the power ...