COMMERCIAL PLANT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE CO2 ACCEPTOR PROCESS GASIFICATION PILOT PLANT FINAL REPORT, VOLUME 10 2 OF 3, NORTH DAKOTA LIGNITE GASIFICATION PROCESS DESIGN PERIOD: AUGUST 1976 - DECEMBER 1977

摘要

The major purpose of the coal preparation area is size reduction and drying of the raw coal to a size moisture content required by the CO2 Acceptor process. Secondary purposes include the separation of coal fines from process coal for use in the wet bottom furnace and in the acceptor reconstitution pelletize.nThe coal preparation area has facilities for receiving 2" x 0" coal from the mine and transferring dried coal sized to +8 to -100 mesh to the gasifier.