Objective
This project involves the specification, design, construction, commissioning and operation of a 2.5 tonnes per day pilot plant for evaluating British Coal's Liquid Extraction Process.L%
The project involves the Specification (Phase I), Construction (Phase II), Commissioning (Phase III) and Operation (Phase IV) of a pilot plant for British Coal's Liquid Solvent Extraction (LSE) Process, at a scale of 2.5 tonnes per day. The pilot plant is designed to meet the following objectives, agreed by British Coal and the Department of Energy : The primary objective is for plant to demonstrate that the process can be operated continuously using a solvent derived from the feed coal. This requires that solvent quality and quantity be maintained and controlled and that a satisfactory yield pattern of products be obtained.
As part of this objective the pilot plant will :
- demonstrate the use of participants' coal as the feed to the process
- provide evidence that at least one version of the process is technically feasible on a commercial scale
- provide firm data from which economic assessments of the process can be made
- produce tonnage quantities of products and effluents for tests purposes.
Phase I was sub-divided into Stage A, Process Appreciation and Evaluation, Stage B, Front End Engineering, Tender Documents and Control Cost Estimate and Stage C, in which a review of documentation was undertaken and specific aspects (e.g. safety) were considered. Phase I work was carried out by a joint British Coal and Department of Energy Task Team in conjunction with a Management Services Contractor (MSC). Phase I was completed in February 1985.
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GL52 4RZ Gloucester
United Kingdom