Ohio Clean Fuels, Inc., prototype commercial coal/oil co-processing plant project. Volume 4, Economics of coal/oil co-processing: A domestic source of petroleum products and for clean efficient power production.

摘要

This report discusses the economics of coal as a source of domestic petroleum products and clean power production. The following topics are discussed: Economic incentives for the use of coal; applications of coal/oil coprocessing including (a) integration with a refinery; (b) cost reduction technique for alternate new supplies of oil; (c) power production meeting acid rain controls and comparative economics of copro powered facilities vs conventional power plant technology; costs of non-conventional supplies of crude and costs of coprocessing compared with offshore conventional oil. 10 refs., 1 fig., 20 tabs.