The Lurgi gasifier in China is one of the most suitable technologies to produce synthetic natural gas (SNG) from coal; however, a large amount of byproduct ash is discharged during the Lurgi gasification process, causing many environmental problems. Based on ash samples collected from a commercial Lurgi gasifier in a Chinese coaltoSNG plant, this paper studied the mineral composition and ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Abstract. ''Synthetic fuel'' the Sasol way involves two major steps and several minor ones. Major steps are the Lurgi gasification and the FischerTropsch (Synthol) liquefaction,. It is known that the Sasol units use about 14 million tons of coal per year. About 65% of the coal production is gasified and the rest is used to generate steam and ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The older Lurgi process is a dry ash gasification process which differs significantly from the more recently developed slagging process (Baughman, 1978; Massey, 1979). The dry ash Lurgi gasifier is a pressurized vertical kiln which accepts crushed (1/4 × 13/4 in.; 6 × 44 mm) noncaking coal and reacts the moving bed of coal with steam and ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Abstract. Feed coal and coarse ash particles (heated rock fragments and clinkers), produced from SasolLurgi gasifier tests under different operating conditions, have been characterized by quantitative Xray diffraction, electron microprobe analysis, and associated chemical techniques, as a basis for better understanding of the relations between the mineralogical and physical properties of the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The plant uses Lurgi coal gasification, Lurgi Rectisol, and Lurgi Phenosolvan processes. Present production of 219 million cu ft/day is provided by 11 of the 13 installed gasifiers. Over the 17 years of operation the plant has achieved an average longterm availability of 85 percent on the gasifiers and 97 percent on the Rectisol gas ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Library. Technology for SNG Production. Synthetic natural gas (SNG) is one of the commodities that can be produced from coalderived syngas through the methanation process. The economic viability of producing SNG through coal gasification is heavily dependent on the market prices of natural gas and the coal feedstock to be used, the value ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The results by Niu et al. [36] showed that the main hightemperature minerals in the Lurgi coal gasification ash were anorthite (CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 ), augite (CaFeSi 2 O 6 ), hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ...
WhatsApp: +86 188380728291. PEP Report 154A, Coal Gasification, 2006 2. PEP Report 154B, Coal Gasification, 2007 3. PEP Report 180B, Carbon Capture from Coal Fired Power Generation, 2008 4. PEP Report 180C, Advanced Carbon Capture, 2009 5. PEP Report 180D, Advanced Carbon Capture (II), 2010 6. PEP Report 180E, Retrofitting for Carbon Capture, 2011 7.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829British Gas/Lurgi Gasifier. reduce steam consumption and consequent gas condensate production. Notably, the BGL gasifier reaches much higher temperatures (over 3600°F or ~2000°C) at the bottom zone of the gasifier, which melts ash to slag. In operation, a coal mixture (coarse coal, fines, briquettes, and flux) is introduced at the top of the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The FischerTropsch process is a catalytic chemical reaction in which carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H 2) in the syngas are converted into hydrocarbons of various molecular weights according to the following equation: (2n+1) H 2 + n CO → C n H (2n+2) + n H 2 O. Where n is an integer. Thus, for n=1, the reaction represents the formation of ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829article{osti_, title = {Process description of the SASOL 1 coalgasification plant. Topical report}, author = {Quass, J D and Skinner, F D}, abstractNote = {The SASOL I coalgasification plant is part of a highlyintegrated industrial complex which produces liquid and solid hydrocarbons, petrochemicals, LPG, and mediumBtu gas by Lurgi gasification followed by gas cleanup and Fischer ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Overview. Sasol Mining operates six coal mines that supply approximately 40 million tons per annum of thermal coal feedstock to Sasol's operations in Secunda and Sasolburg, South Africa and to the export market. Our main operations comprise the Mooikraal colliery near Sasolburg in the Free State, and the Bosjesspruit, Impumelelo, Shondoni ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829An analysis on the carbon efficiency and energy performance of a Lurgi coaltoSNG process has shown that the carbon efficiency was only % as a great part of carbon was discharged in the form of CO 2, and that the major exergy loss occurred in the power generation unit, followed by the coal gasification unit and the acid gas removal unit [8].
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Contexts in source publication. ... feed to the SasolLurgi fixedbed drybottom (FBDB) gasifiers used by Sasol in South Africa for coal gasification ( Fig. 1) consists mainly of coarse (>6 mm ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The SasolLurgi Fixed Bed Dry Bottom gasifier (SL FBDB) treats a feed coal containing 30% ash forming minerals, which means that there are complex mineralogical processes occurring ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829•There are two key steps involved in this process. •The gasification of coal to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. ... •Sasol currently operates 97 Lurgi gasifiers (Dry Erasmus, 1987).
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Lump sized coal is used by Sasol as a feedstock to produce synthesis gas via the SasolLurgi FBDB gasification process. Once the coal is mined, it is crushed down to less than 100 mm (typical topsize of about 65 mm) and screened to a bottom size of about 6 coal enters the top of the gasifier through a lockhopper system, while reactant gases (steam and oxygen) are introduced at the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Coal ash is an inevitable coproduct of the Lurgi coal gasification process employed by Sasol to produce synthesis gas from lowgrade, high ash coal. Approximately 28 million tons of coal is consumed annually by the gasification process at Sasol Synfuels in Secunda producing 7 million tons gasification ash. Approximately 6 million tons of coal
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829This plant started production in 1955 and today Sasol has 25 years' practical experience with the production of synthesis gas via Lurgi coal gasification and the synthesis of hydrocarbons by the FischerTropsch process. In 1975 the decision was taken to build a much larger FischerTropsch plant, mainly for the production of motor fuels, and ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga in South uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleumlike synthetic crude oil from process used by Sasol is based on the FischerTropsch is the largest coal liquefaction plant and the largest single emitter of greenhouse gas in the world.. Secunda CTL consists of two production units.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The SasolLurgi fixed bed dry bottom gasification process for producing synthesis gas (CO and H{sub 2}) is then described. Coal characteristics and their effects on the performance of the SasolLurgi fixed bed gasification are examined. 10 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.} place = {United States} year = {2004} month = {Jul} }
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