A PICTORIAL TOUR OF THE SYNTHANE PILOT PLANT

摘要

The Synthane pilot plant (fig. 1) is a facility designed by the Lummis Co. to convert 75 tons of coal per day into 1 MSCF of high-Btu pipeline gas. It is based on the Synthane process developed by the Bureau of Mines at the Pittsburgh Energy Research Center (PERC) in Bruceton, Pa. About 100 people will be employed by Lummis to operate the complex for the Bureau of Mines. The overall process scheme includes coal handling and pressurization, pretreatment and gasification, and a series of cleanup and conversion operations. The cost of the plant, which is being built by the Rust Engineering Co., is about $13,000,000, and it will cost approximately $5,000,000 per year to operate. Now we shall precede with a tour of the Synthane pilot plant facilities.