H-Coal Environmental and Health Process Studies: Process Description and Sampling Strategy

摘要

As part of a jointly funded program between industry and the U.S. Department of Energy, Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc. operated the H-Coal coal liquefaction pilot plant at Catlettsburg, Kentucky. During its operation, the plant was the focus of a health and environmental study program conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and sponsored by the Office of Health and Environmental Research of the Department of Energy. This report on the sample strategy and acquisition provides a general process description, including a brief history of the operation of the pilot plant. A comparison of samples with the H-coal Trenton Process Development Unit and the Breckenridge commercial design is also included. (ERA citation 09:025258)