Pilot plant evaluation of Illinois No. 6 and Pittsburgh No. 8 coal for the Texaco coal gasification process: Final report

The extended pilot plant evaluation was conducted at Texaco's Montebello Research Laboratory to determine the suitability of Illinois No. 6 and Pittsburgh No. 8 coals as feedstock for the Texaco coal gasification process. The gasifier was operated for 10.5 days on Illinois No. 6 coal and for 9.2 cumulative days on Pittsburgh No. 8 coal at wide range of operating conditions. The test results were evaluated to determine the operability of the process and the effects of changes in operating variables on the gasification performance. Based on the pilot unit test results, both the Illinois No. 6 and the Pittsburgh No. 8 coals were found to be acceptable feedstocks for the Texaco coal gasification process and operating guidelines for testing these coal at Cool Water were proposed. 2 figs., 5 tabs.