United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Research and Development
EPA/600/S8-85/014 Nov. 1985
Project Summary
Synfuel/Petrofuel
Conditioning and Delivery
Facility Operations Manual
J. M. Kennedy, A. C. Minden, and J. E. MacQueen
The full report describes the Synfuel/
Petrofuel Conditioning and Delivery Fa-
cility designed by Acurex Corporation
for the U.S. EPA's Air and Energy Engi-
neering Research Laboratory.* The fa-
cility was designed to deliver synthetic
fuels to five research facilities for com-
parative emissions testing with con-
ventional petroleum based fuels. Capa-
bilities of the facility include: heating
and preblending of fuels delivered in 55-
gal. drums; delivery of heated high vis-
cosity fuels; delivery, mixing, and
injection of a secondary light fuel
along with a viscous synthetic fuel;
and continuous fuel flow in a semi-
automatic, unattended operational
mode. Procedures are defined for the
operation of all facility systems.
This Project Summary was devel-
oped by EPA's Air and Energy Engineer-
ing Research Laboratory, Research Tri-
angle Park, NC, to announce key
findings of the research project that is
fully documented in a separate report
of the same title (see Project Report or-
dering information at back).
Introduction
EPA's AEERL is currently involved in a
multiphased synfuel/petrofuel compar-
ative combustion research project. The
main objective of the project is to com-
pare the emissions characteristics of
shale- and coal-derived synthetic fuels
with those of conventional petroleum
based fuels. Petroleum based fuels
(from a light No. 2 domestic heating oil
to a heavy No. 6 industrial fuel) and
*The former Industrial Environmental Research
Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC.
shale- and coal-derived synthetic fuels
(ranging from light sorbent refined
coal—SRC—and Exxon Donor Sol-
vent—EDS—distillates to SRC II "resid"
and Lurgi gasifier coal tar) are all con-
sidered candidate test fuels. Methanol
is also included as both a fuel for blend-
ing and, in some cases, a primary fuel
for combustion.
Test Facility
As part of this program, AEERL has
installed a separate facility to deliver
these fuels to five combustion test facil-
ities for handling and conditioning
drums of test fuels.
The fuel properties of interest in de-
signing the facility include: specific
gravity, viscosity, pour point, flash
point, and heating value.
Capabilities of the facility include:
heating and preblending of fuels deliv-
ered in 55-gal. drums; delivery of
heated high viscosity fuels; delivery,
mixing, and injection of a secondary
light fuel along with a viscous synthetic
fuel; and continuous fuel flow in a semi-
automatic, unattended operational
mode.
Section 1 is a detailed introduction to
the report. Section 2 discusses the de-
sign requirements and constraints im-
posed by the test program objectives,
the properties of the test fuels, and the
combustion facility's operational pa-
rameters. Section 3 includes an over-
view of the system design and a de-
scription of the equipment installed.
Section 4 discusses the system's oper-
ating procedures. Section 5 discusses
maintenance procedures.
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J. M. Kennedy. A. C. Minden, andJ. E. MacQueen are withAcurex Corporation.
Research Triangle Park. NC 27709.
Joseph A. McSorley is the EPA Project Officer (see below}.
The complete report, entitled "Synfuel/Petrofuel Conditioning and Delivery
Facility Operations Manual." (Order No. PB 85-246 981/AS; Cost: $11.95,
subject to change) will be available only from:
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA22161
Telephone: 703-487-4650
The EPA Project Officer can be contacted at:
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
United States
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Agency
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