&EPA
         United States
         Environmental Protection
         Agency
          Industrial Environmental Research
          Laboratory
          Research Triangle Park NC 27711
EPA-600/7-80-046a
March 1980
Coal Gasification/Gas
Cleanup Test Facility:
Volume I. Description
and Operation

Interagency
Energy/Environment
R&D Program Report

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                                    EPA-600/7-80-046a

                                             March 1980
Coal Gasification/Gas Cleanup
       Test Facility: Volume  I.
     Description and  Operation
                       by
            J.K. Ferrell, R.M. Felder, R.W. Rousseau,
            J.C. McCue, R.M. Kelly, and W.E. Willis

               North Carolina State University
             Department of Chemical Engineering
               Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
                  Grant No. R804811
               Program Element No. EHE623A
            EPA Project Officer: Robert A. McAllister

          Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory
        Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
              Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
                     Prepared for

          U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
             Office of Research and Development
                 Washington, DC 20460

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                                 CONTENTS

Introduction	1
Facility Description	2
   Pilot Plant	2
      Gasifier-Particulates Condensables and Solubles (PCS)
         System Description	3
      Gasifier Start-up and Operation	16
      Acid Gas Removal  System (AGRS)—	-	-	-	19
      AGRS Start-up and Operation	•	32
      Alarm and Safety System	35
   Data Acquisition System	.	36
   Laboratory Facilities and Analytical Program	39
      Laboratory Facilities	39
      Sampling and Sample Preservation	41
      Description of Analytical Methods and Procedures Used	42
         Ash Analysis	45
         Ultimate Analysis	.45
            Carbon and Hydrogen Analysis	45
            Sulfur Analysis—	45
            Nitrogen Analysis	46
         Gas Analysis	46
         Wastewater Analysis	47
            Ammonia	47
            Nitrogen Analysis	48
            Cyanate Analysis	48
            Cyanide Analysis	48
            Chemical Oxygen Demand Analysis	.	48
            Thiocyanate Analysis	48
            Phenolics Analysis	49
            Residue Analysis	49
            Sulfide Anal sis	49
            Total Carbon, Total Organic  Carbon,  and
               Volatile Carbon Analyses	49
            pH Determination	49
            Chloride, Sulfite, Sulfate,  and  Fluoride Analyses	50
            Sulfur Analysis in Wastewater	50

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   Additional  Facilities	51
      Coal  Research Laboratory	51
      Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibrium Laboratory	53
Operation and Results	54
   Gasifier-PCS System		—	54
   Acid Gas Removal System	61
References	68
Appendices	69
   Appendix I	70
   Appendix II—-	86
   Appendix III		96
   Appendix IV  Factors for Unit Conversions	99
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                                   FIGURES

Number                                                                  Page

   1      Utilities System		--			-	----4
   2     Gasifier-PCS System					—  5
   3     Acid Gas Removal System	6
   4     Gasifier Feed Streams	7
   5     Gasifier-PCS System	-	-	—  9
   6     Fluidized Bed Reactor						11
   7     Cyclone Sample Train	14
   8     Dehydrators	15
   9     Absorbei	21
  10     Flash Tank	-	-	-	-	22
  11     Stripper	23
  12     Start-up Tank, Pumps			24
  13     Compressor	25
  14     Syngas  System	31
  15     Data Acquisition and Laboratory Computer System	37
  16     Gasifier-PCS Run GO-28	-	-	60
  17     Column  Temperature Profiles and Mass Balances	63
  18     AGRS Run AMI-13				65
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                                   TABLES
Number                                                                 Page

   1       Process Control  for Gasifier-PCS System			17
   2       Process Control  for the Acid Gas Removal  System	33
   3       Analytical  Program Summary	43
   4       Aqueous Sample Preservation	44
   5       Summary of Atomic Absorption Analysis Parameters	52
   6       Run GO-28-	-	-	-		56
   7       Run GO-28	59
   8      Run GO-28	62
   9      Run A-M-13		-	67

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                                INTRODUCTION

     As a part of a comprehensive long-term program to evaluate the environ-
mental effects of the production of gaseous and liquid fuels from coal, the
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a major research program
at North Carolina State University.  As a part of the Synthetic Fuels Pro-
gram, the project is managed by the Industrial Environmental Research Labo-
ratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  The research is carried
out by faculty, students and staff of the Chemical Engineering Department of
NCSU.
     The overall objective of the Project is to characterize completely the
gaseous and condensed phase emissions from a coal gasification-gas cleaning
process, and to determine how emission rates of various pollutants and pro-
cess catalyst poisons depend on process parameters.  For the early stages
of the program, the major emphasis is on the formation and  removal of sulfur
gases, nitrogen gases and several of the more volatile of the trace metal
elements.
     In order to satisfy the research objectives  in as realistic a manner  as
possible, the facility used is a small but complete coal gasification-gas
cleaning pilot plant.  The principal components of the plant are a continu-
ous fluidized bed gasifier; a cyclone separator and a venturi scrubber for
removing particulates, condensables, and water-soluble species from the raw
synthesis gas; and an absorber, stripper, and flash tank for acid  gas  re-
moval  and solvent regeneration.  The gasifier operates at pressures up to
800 kPa  (100  psig), has a capacity of 23 kg coal/hr  (50 Ib/hr), and runs
with either steam-air or steam-02 feed mixtures.  The acid  gas removal sys-
tem is modular  in design, so  that alternative absorption processes may be

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 evaluated.  Associated with the plant are facilities for direct digital  con-
 trol  of all  process systems and on-line data acquisition, logging,  and graph-
 ical  display.   Facilities for sampling and exhaustive chemical  analysis  of
 all  solid, liquid,  and gaseous feed and effluent streams are  also available.
      The purpose  of this  report is  to present a  detailed description of  the
 facility,  a  discussion of its operation,  and a discussion of  the results of
 a  typical  run  carried  out on August 14,  1979, using  a Western  Kentucky coal
 char.

                             FACILITY  DESCRIPTION

     The facility consists  of the pilot plant, several analytical labora-
 tories,  and  a  data  acquisition and  data reduction computer system.  These
 facilities will be  described  in the sections  that follow.

 PILOT PLANT
     The pilot plant is designed so that  it may  be operated as  two  separate
 units.  The  gasifier and  particulates, condensables  and  solubles (PCS) re-
moval system may be operated  as a unit with the  gas  produced going  directly
to a gas disposal flare.  The  acid  gas removal system  (AGRS) may be operated
as a unit using a feed gas made up  by mixing  various gases in a gas mixing
manifold.  The entire system may be also operated as an  Integrated  unit with
a portion of the gas produced  in the gasifier  used as feed gas  to the AGRS.
 In all cases, gaseous effluent  streams are combined  in a  vent gas header and
sent to the  flare for disposal.
     Simplified, schematic diagrams of the plant are shown in Figures 1

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through 3.   Figure 1  shows  a diagram of the gas  feed  utilities  system which
is used to  provide preheated gas  to the gasifier and  also to  provide  a  mix-
ture of gases to the  AGRS when it is operated as a separate unit.   Figures
2 and 3 are diagrams  of the gasif1er-PCS system  and the AGRS, respectively.
     The remainder of this  section will be devoted to a detailed description
of the pilot plant facility.

Gasifier-PCS System Description
     A detailed schematic diagram of the utilities system, which provides
preheated gases to the gasifier is shown in Figure 4.  Saturated steam at
150 psig is available from the University Power  Plant.  The steam flow rate
is indicated by FT-115, using an orifice meter,  and is controlled by FCV-
115.  The steam is superheated in an electrically heated superheater, H-14,
to approximately 1,000°F.  Manual valves, V-140  and V-141 provide a means
for bypassing the steam to a condenser during gasifier start-up and for cal-
bration of FT-115.
     Oxygen flow (or air flow) is indicated by FT-114, using a laminar flow
element, and is controlled by FCV-114.  Nitrogen flow is Indicated by FT-
116, using a laminar flow element, and is controlled by FCV-116.  The Ng
and 02  (or air) streams combine and are preheated to approximately 1,000°F
in an electrically heated preheater, H-13.  The superheated steam and the
preheated gases combine before being fed to the gasifier.
     The maximum oxygen consumption during gasifier operation  is less than
5 SCFM  (32°F and 1 atm.) and a manifold of six cylinders provides an adequate
supply.  Nitrogen for the entire plant is supplied by a 6,000-gallon liquid
nitrogen tank and vaporizer system.
     All three  flow meters are calibrated in place and at  pressures  very
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 near to normal operating pressures.  In addition, temperature and pressure
 transmitters located at each flow meter make it possible for the data ac-
 quisition system computer to correct the calibration and compute a true
 mass flow rate for each of the gas feed streams.
      Figure 5 is a detailed schematic diagram of  the gasifier-PCS system.
 Hydraulic drive motors, P-01  and P-02,  power the  coal  feed and char extrac-
 tor screw conveying systems.   Coal  from the feed  hopper, T-01, enters the
 fluidized bed gasifier from above with  the feed rate controlled at the main
 control  panel.   The screw used in feeding  the coal  is  calibrated and the
 calibration is  checked after  each run to account  for changing  capacity due
 to  wear.   The char is  removed from the  gasifier through  a similar system
 into char  receiver.  T-G2.   Again, the removal  screw calibration is frequently
 checked  to  account for changes  due  to wear.   The  speed of the  hydraulic
 motors,  and thus  of  the feed  and removal screws,  is  controlled by regulating
 the  flow of hydraulic  fluid to  the  motor.   Both screw speeds are controlled
 automatically at  the main control  panel, with  the desired revolutions  per
 minute (RPM) as the  set point.   In  addition  to  an RPM display,  a total  rev-
 olution counter is provided for  each  screw.   For a run,  the total  weight
 of coal fed  divided by  the total  revolutions of the  feed  screw  provides a
 check on the screw feed  calibration.
     A nuclear level gauge capable  of detecting the  top of the  fluidized
 bed, is mounted on the  outside of the gasifier  shell.  The operator  sets
 the  feed rate of  the coal by  setting the RPM of the  feed  screw  and then
 adjusts the  removal rate to maintain the fluidized bed height  in  a 2-inch
window as measured by the nuclear level gauge.  The  nuclear level  gauge can
 be set at various heights to  permit flexibility in gasifier operating con-
 ditions.
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      The preheated gases and the superheated steam are fed to the gasifier
 through three feed nozzles arranged triangularly in the lower section  of
 the reactor.   At each feed nozzle, a small  orifice causes  the feed gas  to
 form a jet into the fluidized bed to promote good mixing in the  lower  por-
 tion of the bed where most of the reaction  with oxygen takes  place.  A
 short, diverging cone follows each orifice  to prevent  solids  build-up on
 the metal  parts near the orifice.
      The feed coal  is fluidized  above the cones and the gasifier  char  is
 removed into  the char receiver.   The gasifier operates  at  a nominal  pres-
 sure of 100 psig.
      Several  nitrogen purge  streams  are  used.   Both the feed  hopper, T-01,
 and  char receiver,  T-02,  are  purged  with nitrogen  through  rotameters 1  and
 4, respectively,  to  equalize  pressures and  to  prevent  any  steam from con-
 densing  inside  the  two hoppers.   The  feed screw is  also purged through
 rotameter  2 for the  same  reason.   The reactor  shell  is  purged through rota-
 meter  3  to  prevent  any build-up  of water or  other  condensables in  this  sec-
 tion.   Where  applicable,  all  purge streams are  accounted for  in the mass
 balance  calculation.
     A drawing  of the gasifier reactor, feed hopper, and char receiver  is
 shown  in Figure  6.   In addition  to the details  shown on the drawing, the
 thermowell contains  six thermocouples with temperature  transmitters, making
 them available  to the data acquisition system.  The thermocouples are lo-
cated 5, 10,  25, 35, 45, and 55  inches above the gas feed nozzles.  The
10-inch thermocouple, TT-201, is currently used for reactor temperature
control.
     Pressure taps are located in the fluidized bed at distances 15 and
35 inches above the gas feed nozzles (20 inches apart).  The differential
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 pressure,  DPT-201,  is also available at the control  panel  and to  the  data
 acquisition system.   Gas  sample  taps may also  be  installed at any location
 1n or above the  fluidized bed.   The  thermowell, differential  pressure,  and
 gas sample lines exit through the  reactor top  flange.
      The raw gases exiting  the gasifier may be sampled at  V-351 before  en-
 tering  the cyclone,  CY-21.  Most of  the particulates in  the gas stream  are
 removed in the cyclone and  are collected in a  pressurized  receiver, T-31,
 for later  sampling.   At the present  time,  a thermocouple and  temperature
 transmitter  are  located at  V-351 to  monitor the cyclone  temperature.
      Following the cyclone  1s a  gas  sampling train, marked B  on Figure  5.
 This  sampling train will  be described  later.  Next, the  gas passes through
 a venturi  scrubbing system, S-23,  to quench the gas and  remove most of  the
 solubles and condensables.  The  pressure drop through the  scrubber is mea-
 sured at DPT-232.  The pressure  drop across the Injection  nozzle  to the
 scrubber is  measured  at DPT-231.
      Water to the scrubber  can be  either fresh water from  the building
 supply  or  recycled water  from T-25.  Fresh  water can be  fed to the nozzle
 through AOV-241  and V-241 with V-566 closed.  This water is then  pumped
 by the  scrub water pump,  P-24, a positive displacement pump, to the noz-
 zle of  the scrubbing  system.  The water  containing solubles and condensa-
 bles  (along with some  fine  particulates) passes through  the inlet heat
exchanger, E-27A, to  the  PCS tank, T-25, where the water is later drained
through the discharge  pump, P-25, and filter, F-26, to disposal.  This
material can be  sampled through V-25.  Alternatively, the material drained
 to the PCS tank  can be recycled to the nozzle through V-566 at the scrub
water pump, P-24.  This mode is particularly useful in watching the build-
 up of various compounds of interest over the period of the run.  The re-
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cycle stream can be sampled at V-324.
     The sour gas leaving the PCS tank is further cooled in outlet heat
exchanger, E-27B, to remove any residual  condensables.   A mist eliminator,
F-27, and a series of filters, F-l,  2, 3, are used to insure that all  fine
particles are removed before leaving the PCS system.   Two coalescing fil-
ters, F-l and F-2, are used with only one filter being in-line at any time.
As the pressure drop across the filter increases, DPT-291, the other filter
can be switched in-line while the plugged filter is being reconditioned.
     The sour gases can be sampled manually at V-325 before being sent to
the Acid Gas Removal System.  The on-line analytical  equipment is used to
monitor oxygen level and gas composition by a small, continuous gas stream
at SX-1.  The sour gas flow rate is measured by an orifice meter and flow
transmitter, FT-293.
     A gas sampling train is located just downstream of the cyclone; a
schematic diagram is shown in Figure 7.  The sampling train continuously
withdraws a small gas stream (25 SCFH) from the cyclone exit through a
condenser and filter to provide a cool, dried gas stream and a sample of
condensate.  After the gas has been conditioned, both high and low pressure
gas sample ports are available.  The sample train also provides a gravi-
metric measure of the water in the gasifier effluent by measuring the dry
gas flow rate with a test meter, and the condensate flow rate.
     Pressure control for the gasifier-PCS system is accomplished by con-
trolling the flow of sour gas at PCV-310, shown on Figure 8.  Since the
gas volume of the gasifier-PCS system is approximately 90 cubic feet and
the pressure sensor, PT-310, is located near the control valve, good pres-
sure control usually means that the sour gas flow rate, as measured by  FT-
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                                Figure 7

                          Cyclone Sample Train
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 293, does not hold constant, but changes in response to controller action.
      On the detailed schematic diagrams, all  process variable  sensors  shown
 with the letter T in the label, for example,  PT-310, transmit  a  signal  to
 the control  panel and are available to the data  acquisition  system.
      The process  control  scheme for the gasifier-PCS system  is shown in
 Table I.   With  the exception of the coal  feed  and  removal  screws,  which are
 controlled by independent solid state  controllers,  all  process control  is
 by  a Honeywell, TDC-2000  digital  control  system.
      The  entire plant,  including  the gasifier-PCS  system,  is provided with
 a number  of  locations where  nitrogen may be introduced  into  the  system
 and  a  number  of locations  for venting  the system to the  flare.   There are
 several alarm conditions  which cause an automatic  vent  and nitrogen purge
 of the entire plant.  The  alarm and safety system  for the  entire plant  is
 described  in  a later  section of this report.
 Gasifier  Start-up and Operation
     During start-up, the  gasifier-PCS  system  is pressurized to  100 psig
 by starting a flow of process  nitrogen  through the  gas feed preheater.
 The  preheater controller is  set at  1,000°F  and the  pressure controller
at 100 psig.  Since the total  volume of the gasifier-PCS system  is approxi-
mately 90 cubic feet, the  time  required to  pressurize the system is also
used to start preheating the reactor vessel by the  flow of hot nitrogen.
Coal feed is started when  the reactor bed temperature reaches about 400°F
while maintaining  a nitrogen flow sufficient to fluidlze the bed as it is
formed.  During this time, a steam flow is started through the steam super-
heater, also set at 1,000°F, and through the bypass around the reactor.
Several process variables are shown plotted versus  time  during part of the
start-up period for run GO-28 in Figure 16.
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Table I.  Process Control  for Gasifier-PCS System
Control
Variable
Steam Flow
Oxygen Flow
Nitrogen Flow
Steam, Inlet
Temperature
Gas Inlet
Temperature
Gasifier
Temperature
Gasifier
Pressure
Coal Feed
Screw
Char Removal
Screw
Sensor
Transmitter
FT-115
FT-114
FT-116
TT-140
TT-130
TT-201
PT-310
RPM-01
RPM-02
Control
Element
FCV-115
FCV-114
FCV-116
Heater Element
H-14
Heater Element
H-14
Cascade to 02
Flow Control
FCV-310
Hydraulic Fluid
Flow Control Valve
Hydraulic Fluid
Flow Control Valve
Controller
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TD-2000
Barber-Col man 520
Solid State Controller
Berber-Colman 520
Solid State Controller
     When the bed temperature has reached approximately 700°F, and with
the bed height between 20 and 30 inches, a small flow of oxygen is started.
At this temperature, the bed will almost always ignite and after igni-
tion,  the bed temperature is brought to approximately 1,450°F by slowly
increasing  oxygen flow.  At this temperature, steam flow is introduced
by switching an  established small flow of superheated steam at 1,000°F
into the reactor by closing V-140, allowing  the steam pressure in  the
superheater to build up to 110 psig, and opening V-141.  To achieve  the
desired steady state conditions, nitrogen flow is gradually decreased,
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 steam flow is increased, and oxygen flow is adjusted to maintain the reac-
 tor temperature at the desired value.  All of the above changes must be
 done smoothly, and good results have been achieved by making adjustments
 so that only gradual  changes in the calculated superficial  gas  velocity,
 and reactor temperatures occur.
      The steady state coal  feed rate is established by controlling  the
 speed of the coal  feed screw to maintain the desired feed rate, and ad-
 justing the removal  screw speed to maintain the desired bed height  as
 indicated by the bed  level  gauge.   During the start-up phase, the bed
 height can be followed very well by the temperature sensors located in
 the bed,  by the bed differential pressure measurement, and  by the nuclear
 level  gauge.   During  every  change  made  during start-up,  all  of  the  varia-
 bles,  with the exception of the reactor temperature,  are in automatic con-
 trol  and  changes are  made by changing set points.   When  near steady state
 conditions have been  achieved,  the reactor temperature is put in automatic
 control by cascading  the temperature control  loop  to  the set point  of the
 oxygen  flow control loop.   Experience with  this method of reactor tempera-
 ture control  has been  very  good.
     When  the  bed is well fluidized, the  process described  above works  very
well and reactor start-up is  fast  and smooth.  For  a  variety of reasons,
the bed is often not well fluidized during  the start-up  period  and  a variety
of difficulties can occur.  The most probable causes  and effects are hot
spots due  to poor mixing in the bed, a dense bed which may be lifted to the
top of the reactor, and  probably, many others.  It  should be noted  that
where a good steady state is obtained, the operation  is very stable and can-
not be easily upset.  A possible reason for the difficulty of operation dur-
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ing start-up, and ease of operation  during  steady  state,  is  the difference
in the manner in which the fluidizing  gas velocity is  generated.   During
start-up, with no reaction in the bed, all  of the  fluidizing gas  emerges
from the three feed nozzles and may  not be  well  distributed.  During  opera-
tion, the carbon-steam reaction results in  an increase in the volume  flow
of gas and the carbon-oxygen reaction  increases  the gas temperature in a
zone just above the cones.  Both of  these factors  act  to provide  a fluid-
izing gas velocity within the bed and  with  good  distribution across the
bed.  Both the start-up and the steady state operations of one run, GO-28,
will be discussed later in this report.
     Complete startup and operating  procedures and checklists, are given
in Appendix I in outline form.

Acid Gas Removal System
     The major components of the Acid  Gas  Removal  System (AGRS)  are an
absorbing column, a flash tank and a stripping column, with the accompany-
ing auxiliary equipment to permit operation using  a number of different
absorbing solvent systems.  The system has  sufficient  flexibility to operate
using at least four solvents, methyl alcohol, dimethylether of polyethy-
leneglycol (DMPEG), hot potasium carbonate, and monoethanolamine.  Detailed
schematic diagrams of the AGRS are given in Figures 8  through 14.
     The system will be described by first following through the liquid
solvent circuit, and then following the gas streams.
     Regenerated solvent enters the absorber, C-34, at one of three points,
depending upon the number of sections of packing to be used in a given set
of experiments.  The solvent inlet temperature is  measured at TT-349A.
The solvent flows down the column contacting the gas flow in either one,
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 two, or three 7-foot sections of 1/4" ceramic Intalox saddles.   Two sol-
 vent sample ports  are located within each  section  of  packing; sample points
 are located to reduce end  effects.   The temperature profile  in  the  column
 is  available from  two temperature transmitters  in  each packed section.
 The pressure drop  across the  column  packing  is  monitored  by  DPT-340 and
 column  pressure  is measured at PT-345.
      The acid  gas-rich solvent  drains  into an absorber bottoms  reservoir
 where the liquid level, LT-341,  is controlled by LCV-341  located at the
 flash tank  entrance.  Before  entering  the  flash tank,  T-35,  the solvent
 can  be  routed  through a filter,  F-31,  if necessary.   The  solvent can be
 sampled manually prior to  the filter  (or the  filter bypass).  Pressure
 drop  around  the filter is  measured at  DPT-310.  After  passing through the
 filter  (or  bypassing  the filter  through V-526), the solvent  enters  the flasti
 tank  through LCV-341.  Flash  tank pressure is measured at PT-353.   Level in
 the flash tank Is regulated by LCV-351, at the  stripper inlet, which re-
 ceives  its signal from LT-351 at the flash tank.   It  is also possible to
 by-pass the  flash tank using valve V-529.  When operated  in this manner
 the liquid level in the absorber is regulated using LCV-351 at the  stripper.
 The solvent  leaving the flash tank can be sampled manually and its  tempera-
 ture  is measured by TT-375.
     The solvent leaving the flash tank will  take one of a number of routes
depending upon the solvent system being used:
 (1)   Methanol:   The solvent leaving the flash tank is passed through the
                 Lean/Rich exchanger, E-37, before entering the stripper,
                 C-39.  Here,  the rich methanol  exiting the flash tank ex-
                 changes heat with the lean methanol  leaving the stripper.
                 This warms the inlet methanol to the  stripper for better
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                                              Figure 9

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                   regeneration and, at the same time,  takes  advantage  of the
                   desorption endotherm to reduce the cooling load  for  the
                   refrigeration system.
  (2)  DMPEG:       The  solvent leaving  the flash tank by-passes the L/R ex-
                   changer  through  V-557,  V-531  and  is  introduced directly
                   into the stripper.
  (3)  Hot          Here, also,  the  solvent enters  the stripper directly and
      K2C03:
                   does  not pass  through the L/R exchanger, E-37.
  (4)  Monoetha-    The  solvent  from  the flash tank passes through the L/R
      nolamine:
                   exchanger, exchanging heat with the material from the
                   stripper bottoms.  This reduces the heating load for the
                  steam stripping process while cooling the stripper bottoms.
      The solvent from any of the processes enters the  stripper,  C-39,  at
 one of  three points, depending upon the number of sections of packing  to
 be used for mass transfer.  Flow rate to the  stripper  is controlled  by
 LCV-351  A,  B, or C, the liquid level  controller for the flash tank,  T-35.
 The solvent flows down the column  either  contacting the stripping  gas  flow
 for the  methanol  or DMPEG  systems  or  rebelled  vapor for monoethanol  amine
 and KgCOj systems.  Both regenerative  modes take  place over  7-foot sections
 of  1/4-inch  ceramic Intalox  saddles.   In  the physical  solvent systems
 (methanol and  DMPEG),  the  stripping N2 flow originates  from  AOV-393  and  is
metered  1n through a digital valve, DV-393, Into  the bottom  of the column
packing.  In the chemical  solvent  systems  (ICjCOg and MEA), 150-psig steam
1s  used for rebelling,  E-39; condensables are removed from the gas exiting
the column by E-38, the reflux condenser.  Steam flow is controlled by
FCV-392.  Additional steam for start-up can be added through V-182 regulated
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at PCV-398.  The acid gas then passes  to the  flare  through  the  appropriate
monitoring and sampling ports.  The column is operated  at total  reflux.
     The lean solvent leaving the stripper bottom will  take different routes
depending upon the solvent system used.   P-35, with a capacity  of 2  GPM,
can deliver the solvent at pressures in  excess of 500 psig  to the pres-
surized absorber, C-34.  It is a positive displacement pump with the pump-
ing action derived from the opening and  closing of  check valves 35-A and
35-B.  A surge bottle is required downstream of the pump discharge,  T-32,
to damp pulsations arising from pump operation.  The lean  solvent fed to  the
pump can be sampled manually at V-530.  A chemical  addition pump, P-37, can
be used to meter in surfactants or other additives  up-stream of the  solvent
circulation pump at V-520.
     To reduce the cool down time for the physical solvent systems (methanol
and DMPEG), a start-up pump is also used.  This is  a Viking gear pump with
a capacity of 5.6 GPM which makes better use of the cooling capacity of the
refrigeration system, E-35.  Usually, this pump will be used at lower pres-
sures until the system is near operating temperature, when V-589 is  closed
and V-587 and V-549 are opened to bring the solvent circulation pump, P-35,
on-line.  Since the refrigeration system can  handle a cooling load of 4 GPM,
the use of the start-up pump, P-35, in  place  of the solvent circulation pump
(with its capacity of 2 GPM) will reduce cool  down time.
     A 250-gallon polyethylene tank is  used as a solvent storage or start-up
tank, T-36.  The complete solvent inventory can be pumped  to the tank after
a run to  facilitate sampling, changing  of the solvent system, or providing
any system makeup that is required.  The condition of the  solvent can also
be inspected visually.
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  Gas  feed streams  to the Acid Gas Removal  System can  be  initiated  from one
  of three sources;  the  gasifier,  the SYNGAS system, or from a process nitro-
  gen  supply  usually used in  start-up situations.   Feed gas from the gasi-
  fier is  sent  through AOV-305 and controlled at  100 psig by venting excess
  gas  through PCV-310 to  the  flare.   The same pressure control loop is used
 with  a SYNGAS feed by opening V-369 and closing  V-546, isolating the gasi-
 fier  from the AGRS.  When integrating the  gasifier and AGRS, a process N«
 stream is used to pressurize the AGRS by regulating ^ flow through PCV-308
 at 100 psig.  In this case, AOV-305 would  be closed and V-240 open until
 the AGRS is ready to accept the gasifier feed.  At this  point AOV-305 is
 opened and V-240 is then closed.   It should be pointed out that enough gas
 must  be produced in the gasifier so that a portion of it can  be vented for
 adequate pressure control at PCV-310.
      The gas feed is then sent to one of a pair  of dehydrating  towers,
 D-31, Figure 8,  where any residual moisture is removed by  molecular sieves.
 A timed,  mechanically-driven valve system diverts the flow to one  tower
 while the molecular sieves  in the other  tower  are being  regenerated by heat-
 ing in the presence of  a metered  N2  flow,  FCV-242.  The  pressure drop across
 the dehydrators  is  measured  by DPT-315 to  alert  operating  personnel of
 pluggage  problems through the alarm  system.  The  dehydrated gas is then
 passed through a filter,  F-33, before being sent  to the compressor, C-31.
      The  gas enters the  compressor,  C-31, at 100  psig, from the low pres-
 sure surge tank, T-31A.   It  is compressed adiabatically passing through a
 high pressure surge tank, T-31B, and  cooled  in the aftercooler, E-31,  a
double pipe heat exchanger with cooling water as  the service fluid.  Next
a knockout drum precedes the gas chiller, E-32, where solvent from circula-
tion pump, P-35, can be used to cool the gas further.   In the methanol sys-
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tern, some solvent can be injected into the gas  stream prior to  the  gas
chiller, through V-1004, to prevent freezing of any residual  moisture.
The gas exits the gas chiller, E-32, into a surge bottle,  T-33, needed  to
damp the pulsations of the compressor, C-31.
     Compressor operation is regulated by field controllers PIC-321A and
PIC-321B.  Compressor suction and discharge pressures are maintained through
PCV-321.  In normal operation, V-1014 and V-1006 are kept closed while
V-1023 is open to permit controller action.  During start-up of the com-
pressor, V-1006, the manual spill back valve, is kept open until proper  com-
pressor operation is noted.
     Gas chiller operation is controlled through the operation of TCV-315.
Solvent flow from the circulation pump, P-35, can be diverted to the gas
chiller where TCV-315 bypasses some of the solvent flow to control  gas tempera-
ture.  The solvent then passes to the refrigerator, the MEA cooler or the
trim heater before beginning  another cycle.
     The flow of compressed sour gas to the absorber, C-34, is controlled by
FCV-315.  Before entering  the absorber, the gas can be manually sampled  or moni-
tored  for oxygen content,  SX-2,  and composition,  SX-3, with the on-line  sampling
equipment.  The sweet gas  exiting  the absorber  is  released through  PCV-345 and
the flow rate is measured  by  FT-345.  Here,  also,  the gas can  be sampled manu-
ally or monitored  by the on-line equipment,  SX-4.   The sweet gas 1s  then vented
to  the flare for disposal.
     Some of the acid gas  and product gas removed in  the  absorber  is released
in  the flash tank, T-35.   The flash tank  is  first pressurized  with process
nitrogen  through  PCV-352  to approximately 140  psig.   As the  solvent feed to
the flasn tank  begins releasing  gas,  the  process  nitrogen is  turned off.  The
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  objective of  the  flashing  process  is  to  remove any co-absorbed product gas
  before  regenerating the solvent  stream in the stripper.  The flash tank gas
  can be  sampled manually or monitored  by  the on-line equipment at SX-6.   Flow
  rate is measured  by FT-358 where a laminar flow element, LFE-358, is situated
  The gas is then vented to the flare.
      The solvent  containing the acid gas is regenerated in the stripping col-
  umn, C-39, where  it is contacted with a stripping nitrogen stream metered in
  through a digital valve, FCV-393.  The acid gas-N2 mixture exits  the stripper
 through PCV-370, before which it can be sampled manually or monitored by the
 on-line equipment at SX-5.   The flow rate is  measured  by LFE-371-FT  371,  and
 the gas is then vented to  the flare.
      In order to evaluate  the effectiveness of each  solvent cleaning system
 on specific  gas mixtures,  a synthetic  gas mixing  system (SYNGAS),  shown  in
 Figure  14,  is  used.  The system is  capable of  blending mixtures of M_, CO
 hLS, and one other gas or  gas  mixture  before metering  the  feed stream to the
 AGRS through the dehydrators.   The  process nitrogen stream  is metered in through
 FCV-121  and  measured by FT-121.   This  stream can be diverted into  both the  bot-
 tom and  top  of the manifold, T-13,  for better mixing.   The  CCL stream is sup-
 plied from a manifold  of gas cylinders and directed into the mixing manifold
 through  a digital  valve, FCV-131, that can be set at the control panel.   Be-
 cause of the innocuous  nature of  these two gases, no purge  system is used.
     The HpS stream is  also metered into the mixing manifold from a gas  cylin-
 der through PCV-141 which is upstream of a laminar flow element, LFE-141, and
 PT-141.   Purge N~  is available through AOV-140 in the event of any problem,   a
mixed gas stream originates from a gas cylinder and its flow is measured  by
 FT-151  in conjunction with  a laminar flow element, LFE-151.  Purge N? is

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                                         Figure 14
                                        SYNGAS SYSTEM
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                                            FT-151
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                                                         CV-738
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                                                                      Manifold

                                                                      T-13
                                                                                       1-131
                                 PCV-151    LFE-151

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 available through AOV-150.  Some of the planned gas mixtures to be used in
 this system include CO, Hp, COS, CS^, and certain mercaptans.
      The SYNGAS mix is fed to the AGRS through V-369 with the gas stream pres-
 sure controlled at PCV-310 by closing V-546.  Final  SYNGAS mixture composition
 is monitored on-line at SX-3 in the feed gas line to the absorber.
      Process control  for the AGRS is by ten control  loops on the TDC-2000,
 two field controllers, and several  digital  valves.   The solvent circulation
 rate is controlled by the positive  displacement solvent circulation pump.  The
 control scheme is shown in Table II.
      On the  liquid side,  a flow of  solvent  is  set by the positive  displacement
 solvent circulation pump  which  fixes  the  solvent flow to the absorber.   The  li-
 quid level in  the absorber bottom and the liquid level  in the flash tank are
 controlled,  by regulating the flow  from each vessel.   As  is  common  in level con-
 trol  situations,  good  level  control causes  a variable  liquid flow to both  the
 flash tank and  the  stripper.  This  in  turn  causes a  variable amount of gas to
 be released  in  these vessels which  interacts with the  pressure controllers and
 causes  the gas  flow rates  from the absorber, flash tank and  stripper to  vary.
 Good process control for  the entire system was achieved by compromise and by
accepting fairly  slow controller action.
AGRS Start-up and Operation
     Because current experience has  been with refrigerated methanol as  the sol-
vent, start-up and operation for that solvent system will be described.
     Initially, the absorber, flash  tank and stripper are pressurized using
process nitrogen.   Nitrogen is  supplied to the  absorber through  FCV-121  for
SYNGAS runs and through V-240 for integrated runs with both streams regulated

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Table II.  Process Control for Gasifier-PCS System.
Control
Variable
Feed Gas Supply
pressure
Compressor Suc-
tion Pressure
Compressor Dis-
charge Pressure
Sour Gas Flow
Rate
Absorber Pressure
Flash Tank
pressure
Stripper Pressure
Stripper Steam
Flow
Sour Gas Temp
to Absorber
jKjEA Temperature
to Absorber
Absorber Liquid
Level
Flash Tank
Liquid Level
Sensor
Transmitter
PT-310
PIC-321A
PIC-321B
FT-315
PT-345
PT-353
PT-370
TT-391
TT-315A
TT-349
LT-341
LT-351
Control
Element
PCV-310
PCV-321
PCV-321
FCV-315
PCV-345
PCV-353
PCV-370
FCV-392
TCV-315
TCV-349
LCV-341
LCV-351A
LCV-351B
LCV-351C
Controller
TDC-2000
Foxboro Pneumatic
Field Controllers
Foxboro Pneumatic
Field Controllers
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
TDC-2000
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 by FCV-315.  The pressure is initially set at 100 psig.   The  flash  tank  is
 pressurized through V-248 to approximately 40 psig.   The  stripper is set at
 10 psig using FCV-393.   When all  vessels  are  at  their initial set points,
 solvent is  then  circulated  by P-35  or  P-36 with  level  controllers LIC-341
 and  LIC-351  maintaining  proper inventory  in the  absorber  and  flash  tank and
 consequently in  the  stripper.   The  refrigeration  system is then turned on
 with  the feed  temperature to  the absorber  set at  -35°F.
      After  some  cooling  is noted, the  sour gas compressor, C-31, is activated
 and the pressure in  the  absorber is brought to the desired pressure, typical-
 ly 400 to 500  psig.  The flash  tank pressure is then reset at 100 to 200 psig.
 The system  is  allowed to cool down and the nitrogen supply to the flash tank
 at V-248 is  closed.
      When the  system is  operating properly and sufficient cooling is noticed,
 either a synthetic gas mixture  or product gas from the gasifier is fed to the
 system, slowly replacing the  initial inert gas feed.  Onset of either an ab-
 sorption exotherm or a desorption endotherm signals proper operation.   The sys-
 tem is then  allowed to approach steady state as marked by constant temperature
pressure, and  flow rates in the system.  Time to attain steady state is depend-
ent on the solvent recirculation rate.
     Experience so far has been that the system operates extremely well in both
SYNGAS and integrated modes.  Once the  system is started up,  little  attention
is required.  As previously mentioned,  there was some difficulty in  coordinat-
ing control   loop tuning and satisfactory mass  balance closure.  This was  the
result of very quick pressure and level control  loop response  to small  upsets
Retuning the control loops (flash tank  and stripper pressure,  absorber, and
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still Insuring the availability of representative gas  samples.   Both  the  start
up and the steady state operation of one run,  AMI-13,  is presented  later  in
this report.
     Complete start up and operating procedures,  in outline form,  are given  in
Appendix I.  A complete list of manual  valve settings  is given  in  Appendix II.

Alarm and Safety System
     The pilot plant is equipped with an extensive alarm and automatic safety
system in order to minimize the potential hazards of the operation of the faci-
lity.  Two independent systems, one for the gasifier-PCS system and one for the
AGRS system monitor signals from plant instrumentation for deviation from pre-
set alarm conditions.  Once an alarm condition has been detected the system
initiates a switch selectable warning and/or shutdown procedure.  In the case
of a few critical alarm situations the entire affected system undergoes an im-
mediate vent and purge.  A list of the alarms and their available responses is
shown in Appendix III.
     Alarms associated with the gasifier-PCS system may initiate one of six
different responses.  The majority of these conditions need only activate an
audible alarm (Alarms Only Mode) to warn the operator of an alarm condition.
The location of the alarm is marked on the control panel by a red light.  If
an alarm condition is considered a dangerous one, the operator may preselect
one of two other system responses.  The A response calls for an immediate au-
dible alarm followed by a two-minute time delay.  If the alarm condition is
not rectified within this period, all supply streams to the Gasifier-System
are shut off as well as power  to the utility heaters, H-13 and H-14.  The B
response initiates an audible  alarm and an immediate shut down of supply
streams and heaters.  Certain  selected alarms considered to be  intrinsically
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 hazardous are hardwired to initiate a C response.  This causes the gasifier
 and PCS system to vent and purge immediately.  Loss of feed or high element
 temperature in either H-13 and H-14 causes an immediate shut down  of electri-
 cal power to the affected heater.
      The AGRS system has four alarm responses similar to the Alarm only,  A,  B,
 and C responses of the gasifier-PCS system.   Most of the alarms  may initiate
 either an audible alarm only, D,  E, or F response as preselected by the opera-
 tor.   The E response initiates an  audible alarm and an  immediate shut down of
 the supply steams and CP-31,  the  sourgas compressor.  The D response provides
 for a  two-minute  delay before supply and compressor shutdown  and the F response
 immediately vents and purges  the system.   Several  of the individual units in
 the AGRS system,  such as  the  sourgas compressor  and  the  solvent  chiller,  have
 self contained  shut  down  systems to protect  the  units.

 DATA ACQUISITION  SYSTEM
     The Data Acquisition and Laboratory computer  performs  two major functions
 During  plant operation, the system  monitors  plant  instrumentation,  providing
 information to the operator and creating a permanent log of the  run.  At times
when the plant is not  in operation  the computer  is used  to maintain and reduce
data from the facility and from the  analytical laboratories.  A  block diagram
of the system is  shown in Figure 15.
     Plant operation is monitored and regulated from a control room.  Signals
from 96 sensors (temperature, pressure, flow rate, etc.) are sent to a control
panel, where they are processed and sent to a video display terminal and/or a
Honeywell TDC 2000 process control  computer and/or the data acquisition system.
The TDC 2000 regulates 16 different control loops in the plant.  An alarm  panel
superimposed on a process schematic provides visual and auditory indications of
potentially hazardous conditions.
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      The data acquisition system has two main objectives:  to provide rapid,
 easily read information to the operator during plant operation,  and to pro-
 vide a permanent record of run data.  Each process instrument is wired to a
 channel of an LFE Model 6100 Remote Terminal  Unit.  The LFE 6100,  a 96 chan-
 nel analog-to-digital  converter, digitizes the one to five volt  transmitter
 signals to 12 bit resolution and transmits the results to the computer through
 a serial  communication line.   The conversion  takes place every 5 seconds  upon
 command from the computer.
      The  system is  centered  around a DEC PDF  11/34 minicomputer.   The  16-BIT
 processor supports  64,000  words  of memory and 10.4 mega  bytes of online disk
 storage.   Up to 10  users terminals  may  be supported.   Currently  the general
 purpose facility consists  of  two video  terminals,  a card reader  for input,  and
 a  fast  teleprinter  for output.   In  the  plant  control  room,  a  color  graphics
 terminal  and a  teleprinter form  the operator's console.
      The  operating  system  used is  DEC RSX-11M, an  event-driven, multitasking
 operating system.   This gives the  system  the  capability  of  supporting  several
 users simultaneously.  The high  level languages, FORTRAN  IV and PLI are avail-
 able  along with  PDP-11M MACRO ASSEMBLER for user program development.
     The acquisition software is written  in PLI.  A primary acquisition task
 receives data from  the LFE-6100 at  5 second intervals, converts the data to
engineering  units,  and places it in a shared data region for access by the
display and  logging functions.  This task also maintains an hour-long, circu-
 lar file of data recorded at 15 second intervals.  This file, called a trend-
 file, provides the data for interval averaging and online plotting.
     During plant operation the operator views data on a video graphics ter-
minal.  Schematic displays  of different sections of the plant may be viewed;
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the displays resemble process flow sheets and include key plant variable  values
updated at 5 second intervals.
     Logging takes place in two ways.   A hard copy report of all  system vari-
ables is available on the teleprinter  at operator-selected intervals,  provid-
ing an immediate permanent record of the run.  The data are also saved at inter-
vals on disk, and are later used as input to offline data reduction and process-
ing programs.
     To analyze process trends the operator may request a plot on the  video
graphics terminal of any of the process variables vs. time.  Other functions,
such as snapshotting the process and rapidly calculating mass balances, are cur-
rently being developed.
LABORATORY FACILITIES AND ANALYTICAL PROGRAM
     Solid, liquid, and gas samples from the pilot plant are naalyzed in four
laboratories.  A summary of the analytical program is shown in Table 3.  The
following sections briefly describe the facilities that are used for the analy-
ses, the equipment and instrumentation available, the sampling and sample pre-
servation procedures, and the analytical methods used.  Four laboratories have
been equipped to meet the chemical analysis  requirements of the project.

Laboratory Facilities
     The main laboratory is a large, general purpose, laboratory in which ulti-
mate and proximate analyses of coals and chars and all the wastewater analyses
are reformed.  Equipment available for these analyses include  furnaces,  ovens,
combustion trains, and digestion  and distillation racks.   Whenever possible,
ASTM  (1) or APHA  (2) guidelines have been  used in the construction and the  in-
stallation of the  equipment.
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       The main  laboratory also  houses  a  water  deionizer and still, several
  macro,  semi-micro,  and  micro balances,  glassware, reagents, and four instru-
  ments for the  analysis  of selected  pollutants in the plant wastewater   Thes
  instruments are  a Dionex System  10  ion  chromatograph, an Orion Model 901 se-
  lective  ionalyzer,  a Dohrman DC-50  carbon analyzer, and a Baush & Lomb-Shimad
  Spectronic 210 UV-Visible  spectrophotometer.
      The Trace Analysis  Laboratory  is devoted to the analysis  of trace ele-
 ments by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.   Instruments housed in this lab
 oratory include a Perkin-Elmer Model 603 atomic  absorption spectrophotometer
 with a deuterium arc and various types of flames,  a  Perkin-Elmer HGA-2200
 ite furnace,  a Perkin-Elmer mercury analysis system,  an  LFE Model  LTA-504 low
 temperature plasma asher, and  a Barnstead water  deionizer.  A  Varian Model  65
 vapor generation  device  has been  recently added.
      The Coal  Research and Analysis  Laboratory is equipped for  the study of
 coal  pyrolysis  and the analysis of  sulfur, nitrogen,  and  free-swelling  index *
 coals  and chars.  The instruments housed in  this laboratory include  a Fisher
 Scientific Model  470 sulfur analyzer,  an Antek Model  707  nitrogen analyzer,  a
 batch  pyrolysis furnace,  and a  laminar flow  reactor capable of operation at
 temperatures up to 1273  K with  particle  residence times as low as 50 milljsec_
 onds.
     The Gas Chromatography Laboratory is equipped for the analyses of perman
ent, sulfur, and hydrocarbon gases produced  in the gasification and gas clean
ing process as well as liquid solvent samples.   Instruments in  this laborato
include a Tracer 550 gas  chromatograph equipped with a thermal  conductivity
detector, a Tracer 550 gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector
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photometric detectors, and a Perkin-Elmer Sigma X chromatography data sta-
tion.  A Metronix Dynacalibrator is also used for certain calibrations.
Each Gas Chromatograph is equipped with both gas and liquid sampling ports.
Also, provision is made for pressure-regulated injection of either hot or
cold samples to facilitate the analysis of trace compounds present in the
AGRS solvent.
Campling and Sample Preservation
     The sampling points throughout the plant are shown in the detailed sche-
matic diagrams.  The  sampling train is shown in Figure 7.  Feed coal samples
are obtained from the storage drums before they are loaded into the gasifier
feed hopper.  The spent char is sampled from the char receiver.  A sampling
device  is  available so that samples at different depths in the receiver can
be obtained  corresponding to chars from the different stages of gasifier oper-
ation.
     Char  fines are obtained from  the cyclone  hopper.  Each sample is then
riffled and  divided into  three  fractions.  The first analysis fraction is
used as received  for  sieve  and  as-received moisture analysis; the second anal-
ysis fraction  is  ground  to  pass a  No. 60  U.  S. Standard  sieve-, and the third
fraction is  ground  to pass  a No.  200  sieve.   The ground  samples are  equili-
brated  to  laboratory  humidity  overnight.
     Gas samples  are  obtained  from the  gas  sampling ports in  heated, evacuated
  tainless  steel  bombs and in cold, evacuated stainless  and glass  bombs.  Typi-
  a11y,  samples are  obtained from  the  exit of the cyclone, the sampling  train,
  nd the exit of. the PCS  tank.   Samples  of feed gas  and  sweet  gas are obtained
from the bottom and top  of the absorber respectively.   Samples are also collect-
  4 of flash tank gas, and acid gas from the stripper.

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       Wastewater  samples  are  obtained  from the PCS tank and the sampling train
  These samples are  immediately preserved according to the procedures shown in
  Table 4, and kept  refrigerated until analysis.  Gas, methanol, and water sam-
  ples  are obtained  from several absorber and stripper sampling ports.

  Description of Analytical Methods and Procedures Used
       After a plant run, the chemical analyses are performed according  to a
  schedule such that analyses are done within  maximum holding times.  All  waste-
 water holding times are shown in Table 4.   Permanent gas  samples  can be  stored
 for several days.  Sulfur gas samples are  analyzed  immediately.   Solid samples
 can be stored indefinitely.   A brief description of  the procedures  used  for
 analysis are given below.
 Sieve Analysis—
      U.  S.  standard sieves are used;  50  to 100 grams  of sample are  loaded  on
 the top sieve and the  entire  assembly  is shaken  in a  sieve  shaker for 5  to 10
 minutes.
 AR  Moisture Analysis—
     ASTM-9-3173  Method is followed.  Moisture is determined in the as-received
 sample by establishing the loss in weight of 1.0 g of sample heated to 104° to
 110°C  for 1  hour  in a moisture oven with bone dry air circulation.
 Volatile Matter Analysis—
     ASTM-D-3175 method for coke is followed.  Volatile matter is  determined  bv
 establishing the loss in weight resulting from heating 1.0 g of sample  for 6  0
minutes at 950 +_ 20°C in a volatile matter  furnace.   Two furnaces, one  control!
ed at 750 + 20°C and the other at 950 + 20°C, are available for the analysis  Of
sparking coals.
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           Table 3
   Analytical Program Summary
Type of Sample  Analyte

Solid           Sieve
                AR Moisture
                Volatile Matter
                Ash
                Carbon-Hydrogen
                Sulfur
                Nitrogen
Gas and Solvent CO, H,,, N2, CH4,
                 CO,
Wastewater
H2S, COS, CS2, mer-
captans, organic
sul fides, thio-
plenes, etc.
C02, N2, N2S, solvent
C,-Cr hydrocarbons,
BTX
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Thiocyanate
Phenol ics
Residue
Sul fide
Cyanate
Cyanide
COD
TC,  TOC, VC
PH
Cl", F", SOg,  SOj
Sulfur
As, Be,  Cd,  Cr,  Hg,
Ni, Pb,  Sb,  V
                      Method or  Instrument
ASTM-D-3173
ASTM-D-3175

ASTM-D-3178
Fisher Model 470 Sulfur Analyzer
Antek Model 707 Nitrogen Analyzer
Varian 3700 Gas Chromotograph (TCD)

Varian 3700 Gas Chromotograph (FPD)
Tracor  550 Gas  Chromotograph  (TCD)
Tracor  550 Gas  Chromotograph  (FID)

APHA SM No.  418
APHA SM No.  421
APHA SM No.  413 K
APHA SM No.  510 A-C
APHA SM No.  208 A
APHA SM No.  428 D
APHA SM No.  413 J
ASTM-D-2036
Hach COD Reactor
 Dohrman DC-50 Carbon Analyzer
Orion 901
 Dionex System 10 Ion Chromatograph
 Dionex System 10 Ion Chromatograph
 Perkin-Elmer 603 Atomic Absorption
 Spectrophotometer
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 Analysis
                   Table 4
          Aqueous Sample Preservation
Vol. Req. Container   Preservative
  (ml)
Holding Time
Cyanide
Cyanate
Thiocyanate
Sulfur
Ammonia
Nitrogen
COD
Phenol ics
*Carbon
*TOC
*Sulfite
*Chloride
*Sulfate
Sulfide
Trace Elements
PH
Residue
500
500
500
50
400
500
50
500
25
25
50
50
50
500
500
25
100
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
G only
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
P,G
NaOH to pH 12
NaOH to pH 12
NaOH to pH 12
NaOh to pH 12
H2S04 to pH< 2
H2S04 to pH< 2
H2S04 to pH< 2
H2S04 to pH< 2
HC1 to pH 2
HC1 to pH 2
Formaldehyde (6 drops)
None
None
Zinc Acetate (3 drops/lOOml)
NaOH to pH<12 (See Note 1)

None
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
7 days
3 days
24 hrs.
24 hrs.
<1 hr.
7 days
7 days
7 days
6 hrs.
7 days
Note 1  Bring to pH 12 with NaOH.  Add 2N Zinc acetate (3 drops/100 ml
        sample).  Sufficient dose of zinc acetate is indicated by
        testing a drop of sample on lead acetate paper moistened with
        pH 4 acetate buffer (paper should turn black).
* Changes made for preservation procedure
Note 2  All samples stored at 4°C immediately after preservation
        P = polyethylene
        G = glass
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Ash Analysis—
     ASTM-D-3174 method is followed.   The ash content is  determined  by weigh-
ing the residue remaining after burning 1.0 g of coal at  750°C  (950°C for
coke) in a muffle furnace.

Ultimate Analysis—
     The feed coke and char samples ground to pass a U.  S.  Standard  No.  60
sieve are used for C, H, and S analyses.  These analyses  consists of the de-
termination of carbon and hydrogen in the gaseous products of complete  combus-
tion, the determination of sulfur, nitrogen, and ash in the material as a whole,
and the calculation of oxygen by difference.  The individual methods are de-
scribed below.
     Carbon and Hydrogen Analysis—ASTM-D-3178 method for total carbon  and hy-
drogen in coal or coke is followed.  The determination is made by burning 100
mg of sample  in a combustion train and fixing the products of combustion in an
absorption train after complete oxidation and removal of interfering substances.
     This method gives the total percentages of  carbon and hydrogen in the coal
as analyzed,  and includes the carbon  in  carbonates  and the hydrogen in the mois-
ture and  in the water  of  hydration of silicates.  Benzoic acid standards are
analyzed  to condition  the combustion  trains  and  to  ascertain their  accuracy and
reproducibility before analysis of the coal  and  char samples.
     Sulfur Analysis—Coal and coke samples  are  analyzed using a  Fisher Sulfur
Analyzer  Model 470.  The  analyzer detects  sulfur through an amperometric  tech-
nique  devised to measure  S02  in the effluent produced during the  combustion of
sulfur-bearing materials.  The analyzer has  been shown to be extremely  accurate
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 and precise  in the analysis of sulfur in coal and coke.  However, the anal-
 yzer does not detect sulfate sulfur which occurs in small quantities in coal
 The analyzer is calibrated with certified coal standards and its calibration
 is checked periodically while the samples are run.

      Nitrogen Analysis—Coal and coke samples are analyzed for nitrogen using
 an Antek Model  707 microprocessor-controlled chemiluminescence detector.   The
 samples are pyrolyzed in a furnace and contacted with  ozone.   The flameless
 reaction between  the pyrolyzate (nitric  oxide) and  ozone is  monitored  by  a
 light sensitive detector.   Nitrogen containing organic compounds  and coal/coke
 samples analyzed  by the Kjeldahl-Gunning method  are  used as  standards.

 Gas Analysis--
     All  gas  analyses are  done  by  gas  chromatography except  for the determina-
 tion of steam.  The concentration  of steam  in  the gas  leaving  the  gasifier  Is
 determined gravimetrically using the water  drained from  the  sampling train.
 The fraction  of gasifier exit gas  passed  through the sampling  train is care-
 fully metered for  the calculation  of the water concentration.
     The  pressurized gas in the sampling bombs is injected into the gas chro-
 ma tographs through  heat traced lines and gas sampling ports.  The chromatographs
 are calibrated using Heise gages to introduce  known  amounts of calibration
 gases into the temperature-controlled sample loop.  A Perkin-Elmer Sigma X data
 station is used to integrate, log,  and operate on the signals from the chroma-
 tographs.
     Permanent gases can be analyzed with either the Van'an 3700 GC or the Tra-
cor 550 GC each using a  thermal  conductivity detector.   A 7 foot x 1/8 inch
Carbosieve S column is  used in  both cases to separate H2> N2> CO,  CH4,  H2s and

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C0?.  The same Tracer 550 equipped with a 10 foot x 1/8"  SS Poropak QS  column
is used for the analysis of solvent samples.
     Sulfur gases are analyzed for H2S, COS, C$2, mercaptans,  organic sulfide,
and thiophene using the Varian 3700 with flame photometric detector.  A one
foot x 1/8" Carbopak column is used for separation.  Also, an  8 foot x  1/8"
Chromosil 310 column is used for separation of large amounts (greater than 500
ppm) of H2S and COS which are then analyzed with the Varian's  thermal conducti-
vity detector.  Solvent samples can also be injected into the  FPD to determine
the amount of sulfur gases present.
     Current efforts include the development of techniques for hydrocarbon
analyses with the Tracer 550 FID, (C-j-Cg, Benzene Toluene Xylyene (BTX)).
Wastewater Analysis--
     Wastewater samples from the sampling train may be analyzed almost  immedi-
ately to obtain information on the production of pollutants.  Samples from the
PCS tank may be analyzed to obtain information on the buildup of pollutants
from the beginning of the run until the time samples are obtained.
     Sampling train wastewater samples are extremely concentrated in all pol-
lutants because all the water originates from the condensation of the excess
stream from the gasifier.  The PCS wastewater samples are very dilute because
150 gallons of city water are recirculated  to clean the gas throughout a run.

     Ammonia—Ammonia nitrogen is determined by  the distillation standard me-
thod (APHA) No. 418.  The sample is buffered at  a pH of 9.5 to inhibit the hy-
drolysis of organic nitrogen compounds, and distilled into a solution of boric
acid where the ammonia nitrogen  is determined acidimetrically with standard
sulfuric acid, using methyl red  as the indicator.
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       Nitrogen Ana lysis--Total  Kjeldahl  nitrogen is  determined  by standard Me-
  thod  No.  421.   The nitrogen in 50 ml  of sample  is converted  into ammonium
  salts by  destructive  digestion of the sample with a  hot, catalyzed mixture of
  concentrated  sulfuric acid  and potassium sulfate.  These salts are subsequent-
  ly decomposed  in a hot alkaline solution from which  the ammonia is recovered
  by distillation and determined by  acidimetric titration.  A sucrose blank is
  always run concurrently with the samples.  It should be noted that this method
  does  not  detect nitrogen in the  form  of  oxide, azide, axo,  hydrazone, nitrate
  nitrite,  nitrile,  nitro, nitroso,  oxime, and semicarbazone.

      Cyanate Analysis—The cyanate content of the samples  is  found  by determin-
  ing their ammonia content before and after hydrolysis.   Standard Method No.
 413J is followed.   The cyanate is hydrolized  by heating at  a  low pH using sul-
 furic  acid.
      Cyanide Ana1ysis--ASTH-D-2036 procedure  is  followed for  this analysis.
 The procedure  involves a distillation  for concentrating and removing  cyanides
 by refluxing the sample with H2$04  and MgCl2 reagent.  The liberated  HCN  is
 collected  in NaOH  solution and  its  concentration  is determined by a titrimet-
 ric procedure.

     Chemical  Oxygen Demand  Analysis—The COD of  the  samples is determined us-
 ing a  Hach COD  reactor.  The test uses a  semimicro sample digestion method.
 Two ml  of wastewater are digested with sulfuric acid and potassium dichromate
 The titration is performed with ferrous ammonium sulfate standard  solution.

     Thiocyanate—Standard Method No. 413 K is followed.   The  method entails
 the colorimetric determination of thiocyanate  after filtration and  color develop-
ment with Fe (N03)3.
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     phenolics—Standard Method  No.  510  A-C  is used.  The steam distill able
phenols are reacted with 4-aminoantipyrene at a  pH of 10.0 +_ 0.2 in the pre-
sence of potassium ferricyanide.   The  solution absorbance is then determined
photometrically using a Baush &  Lomb-Shimadzu spectronic 210 UV/VIS spectro-
photometer.  This method is sensitive  only to a  relatively small number of
phenolic compounds.  A gas chromatograph with a  flame  ionization detector will
be used in the future for a better and detailed  analysis of  phenolics  and BTX.
     Residue Analysis—Standard  Method No. 208 A is  followed.  A well-mixed
sample is  evaporated in a weighed dish and dried to  constant weight  in an oven
at 103° to 105°C.  The increase in weight over  that  of the  empty dish  repre-
sents the  total residue, which is an arbitrary  quantity defined  by the proced-
ure  followed.
     Sulfide Analysis—Standard Method 428 D is followed.   Hydrochloric acid
is added to the samples, after filtration,  followed by excess  iodine and starch
indicator.  The excess iodine is then back-titrated with sodium thiosulfate
solution.
     Total Carbon, Total Organic Carbon, and Volatile Carbon Analysis—A Dohr-
mann Model DC-50  carbon  analyzer is used for these analyses.  The instrument
follows a  temperature  program to separate the different types of carbon; then
it ozidizes  the  carbon to  carbon dioxide.  The  carbon dioxide is reduced to
methane and  detected with  a  flame ionization detector.

     pH Analysis—The  pH is  determined  using an Orion Model 901 pH meter.  The
meter  is  calibrated  using  4.0 and 7.0 pH buffer solutions.
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       Chloride.  Sulfite.  Sulfate, and  Fluoride Analyses—The wastewater sam-
  ples  are  analyzed  for  these  ions in a Dionex System 10 ion chromatograph.
  The instrument  separates the ions with an ion exchange resin and detects them
  with  a conductivity cell.

       Sulfur Analysis in Wastewater—All  sulfur species in the wastewater sam-
 ples are oxidized to SO^ by heated  digestion with a hot alkaline hydrogen
 peroxide solution.   The sulfate ion is then analyzed in the Dionex  System 10
 ion chromatograph.

 Trace  Element Analysis--
     All trace element  analyses are done  by atomic  absorption  analysis using
 a Perkin Elmer 603  Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, an  HGA-2200 graphite
 furnace, a  cold  vapor mercury analysis system and a  Varian  Model 65 Vaporgener-
 ator.  Ramp heating is  used for the drying  and charring steps, and normal, tem-
 perature controlled, or time  controlled heating is used during atomization de-
 pending on  the volatility of  the element.   Deuterium background correction is
 used in all  cases except  in the analysis of mercury.  Electrodeless discharge
 lamps  are used in all cases except  in  the analysis of Cd, V, Be, and Bi where
 hollow cathode lamps are  used.
     The wastewater samples are  digested by evaporative reflux with nitric
acid for the analysis of  all the elements of interest except mercury.   Raw
wastewater  samples are analyzed directly for mercury.  The solid samples,
which  have  been  ground to pass a No. 60 sieve and equilibrated to laboratory
humidity, are  prepared by either Parr bomb combustion or by low temperature
ashing followed  by acid bomb digestion.  The liquor obtained from the  oxygen
bomb combustion  is used for the analysis  of Hg,  Pb,  As,  Sb,  and Cd.  An
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LFE-LTA-504 low temperature plasma asher is used for the oxidation of the sam-
ples intended for the analysis of Cr,  V, B, Ni,  and optionally Pb and Cd.  The
low temperature ashes are then digested in teflon-lined acid bombs.  All  acid
liquors are then diluted to volume.  Typical sample weight to solution volume
ratios are 1 gram to 100 ml.  Wastewater samples are typically concentrated
from 150 to 50 ml.
     Linear calibration curves are obtained, if possible, that cover the con-
centration ranges observed for the samples.  If a sample falls out of the lin-
ear range, it is generally diluted.  All analyzer parameters are optimized to
give the best signal-to-noise ratio.  Parameters which have been found to pro-
vide good results are listed in Table 5.
     Direct calibration methods are used for the analysis of Hg, Ni, Sb, Be,
Cr, and V.  The method of standard additions is used for the analysis of Pb
and As.  Nickel complexation is used to allow high temperature charring during
the analysis of As.  The correlation coefficients are typically greater than
0.99 for all the calibration and  standard  addition lines.
     The vapor generation device  in an  alternate form of analysis  for Hg, As,
and Pb when concentrations  are very low or when sample matrix  is not compatible
to the graphite furnace analysis.

ADDITIONAL  FACILITIES
      In addition  to the facilities mentioned previously,  there are two other
laboratories used to supplement  project objectives:

Coal  Research  Laboratory
      This  laboratory contains  both batch  and laminar flow furnace reactors.
These are  used to study  the evolution  of  volatile  matter and trace elements
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en
ro
     Hg
                                                    Table 5


                               Summary of Atomic Absorption Analysis  Parameters
Element
Cr
V
Be
Pb
Ni
As
Ct4
Dry Temp-Time
Ramp Time
°C-Sec
Sec
125-40
10
125-42
10
125-42
10
125-40
10
125-41
10
125-30
10
125-40
Char Temp - Time
Char Time
°C-Sec
Sec
1100-34
10
1700-32
10
1200-30
10
600-34
10
1000-30
10
1100-30
10
400-30
Atom Temp-Time
°C-Sec
2700-8
2800-8
2800-8
2300-8
2700-8
2700-8
?mn_R
Wavelength
nm
357.9
318.4
234.9
217.0
232.0
253.5
??a R
Slit
nm
(4) 0.7
(3) 0.2
0.7
0.7
(3) 0.2
0.7
(&\ n ?
COLD VAPOR ANALYSIS
     * Dor AA seems to be off by one nanometer

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from pulverized coal  during pyrolysis.   Also,  this enables the screening of
various types of coal and char prior to use in the pilot plant.

Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibrium Laboratory
     This laboratory contains equipment for the determination of vapor-liquid
equilibrium for the various solvent systems used in the AGRS.  Up to this
point, work has concentrated on the determination of VLE data for the metha-
nol-COp-Ng-HgS system and the development of a predictive capability from bi-
nary phase equilibrium data for the multicomponent system.
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                          OPERATION AND  RESULTS

      In order to illustrate the operation of the pilot plant facility and
 the results which can be obtained from  it, a run made on August 14, 1979
 will be described.   For this run the gasifier-PCS-AGRS was operated as an
 integrated system.   The run was designated GO-28 for the gasifier-PCS sys-
 tem and AMI-13 for the AGRS.  It consisted of the steam-oxygen gasification
 of Western Kentucky #11  coal char of 10x80 mesh size in the gasifier, and
 used refrigerated methyl alcohol  as the solvent in the AGRS.
      The run was one of a set designed to explore ranges of operating con-
 ditons  using char in the gasifier and methyl  alcohol  in the AGRS.   A fur-
 ther objective was  to  test  the ability to maintain a  steady state  and to
 achieve closed mass  balances over the entire  plant.   The  operation and re-
 sults will  be  described  in  two parts  in  the sections  that follow.
 GASIFIER-PCS SYSTEM
     Operating conditions for  the  reactor were  approximately 104 psig  and
 an average  fluidized bed temperature  of  1830°F.  The  char feed rate was  38
 Ib/hr and the  make gas flow  rate at the  PCS exit was  15.8 SCFM.  The car-
 bon conversion was 52.6%.  The principal  operating variables of the run,
 selected output variables, and material  balances are  shown  in Table 6.
Table 7 is a summary of the more important parameters of  the run shown in
schematic form.
     Several selected process variables are shown plotted versus time in
Figure 16.   The two temperatures shown are those measured at 10 and 35
inches above the gas  feed nozzle.   Also shown  is the reactor pressure
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measured at the reactor top, PT-213, the product gas flow rate at the PCS
exit, FT-293, and the differential  pressure between two pressure taps in
the fluidized bed, located 20 inches apart, DPT-21.
     During the reactor startup period, 06:00 a.m.  to about 11:00, several
upsets occurred which resulted in excursions of bed differential pressure,
temperatures, etc.  Once a steady state was achieved, however, all process
variables remained very steady and the system operated under automatic con-
trol without any problems.
     Gas samples were taken at 14:30 for the gasifier-PCS system only and
were taken for the entire system at 16:30 and 17:30.  For the gasifier-PCS
system, at each sample time, samples were taken at the following locations:
     1.  At  the PCS exit, near SX-1, in stainless steel bombs at 100 psig.
     2.  After the cyclone, from the sample train, in stainless steel bombs
         at  100 psig.
     3.  After the cyclone, from the sample train, in glass bombs at 20
         psig.  These bombs are mainly for sulfur  gas analysis.
     The residence time of  the reactor-cyclone, PCS  tank system is such
that after approximately  90 minutes, the gas composition from samples taken
at  the  sample  train  and the PCS exit are essentially identical.  The experi-
mental  time  constant for  the  PCS tank  at 100 SCFM  is 24 minutes.  From
Figure  16 1t can be seen  that steady state conditions were achieved at about
11:00.  The  values of the process  variables used in  Tables  6  and  7 are  aver-
ages over the  period 12:30 to 17:30.   The  gas  analysis  shown  in the  tables
is  the  average of the three samples times  noted on  Figure 16.
     As can  be seen  from  Table 6,  the mass balance closures for total mass
and the major  elements is excellent and indicates  that  flow rate  measurements
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                                              Table  6
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                         { NCSU DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |

                         * FLUIDIZED BED COAL GASIFICATION REACTOR I
                         t	    t
                  RUN 60-28  8/14/79  12530-17J30
         REACTOR SPECIFICATIONS

 PRESSURE    =  104.0 PSI6 (  818.4 KPA)
 TEMPERATURE  =  1830.0 DEG.F  ( 998.9 DEG.C)
 ESTIMATED BED VOIDAGE = 0.75
 BED EXPAHSIOK FACTOR  = 1,65
 ESTIMATED LEAK RATE   = 0.79 SCFM
             SOLID FEED PROPERTIES
 WESTERN KENTUCKY til COAL CHAR. 10X80 MESH

 HOffSbn       :  '12.1 H4R8
 AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER =  493.8S MICRONS
 A-R MOISTURE CONTENT      =  0.0108
    PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF  COAL FEED
       FIXED CARBON    = 0.839
       VOLATILE HATTER * 0.022
       MOISTURE        » 0.011
       ASH             - 0.127
               ULTIMATE ANALYSES

        COAL FEED   SPENT CHAR   CYCLONE DUST
CARBON 0.813
HYDROGEN 0.004
OXYGEN 0.018
NITROGEN 0.010
SULFUR 0.026
ASH 0.127
0.726
0.002
0.015
0.001
0.016
0.240
0.624
0.003
0.009
0.010
0.015
0.340
              FEED RATES
        FEED RATIOS AND CONDITIONS
COAL     - 38.16 LB/HR AT  200.0 DEG.F
         = 17.31 KG/HR AT   93.3 DEG.C

STEAM    = 59.59 LB/HR AT  365.3 K6.F
         = 27.03 KG/HR AT  185.2 DEG.C

OXYGEN   -- 16.26 LB/HR AT   84.4 DEG.F
         =  7.37 KO/HR AT   29.1 DEG.C
         --  3.04 SCFM


NITROGEN*  4.55 LB/HR AT   87,8 DE6.F
         *  2.06 KG/HR AT   31.0 DEG.C
         =  0.97 SCFM

PURGE N2 --  5.82 LB/HR (  1.24 SCFM)
         =  2.64 KG/HR
STEAM/COAL * 1.81 LB STEAM/LB COAL
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                                    Table  6  Continued
                 RUN 60-28  8/14/79  12:30-17130
          CONTROL VARIABLES
              OUTPUT VARIABLES
 TEMPERATURE           - 1830,0 DE8.F
 N2/02 MOLAR FEED RATIO = 0,32
 STEAM PARTIAL PRESSURE = 98,69 PSI
 BED HEIGHT            - 3,17 FT
 SOLID SPACE TIME      = 27,3 HIM
 6AS SPACE TIME        = 2,71 S
PRESSURE DROP OVER 20 IN,

PCS 6AS FUN RATE

CYCLONE 8AS FLOM RATE


SOLID HOLDUP
                       =  9,0 IN.H20 ( 0,325 PSI)
                       =  2.2 KPA
                       =  2.64 LB-MOLE/HR (15.79 SCFM)
                       =  2,42 LB-MQLE/HR
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                   Table 6  Continued
RUN 60-28  8/H/79  12530-17:30
          ELEMENTAL MATERIAL BALANCES ! FLOWS IN LB/HR
           HASS     C      H      0      N      S
COAL 38.2
BASES 86,2
TOTAL INPUT 124,4
CHAR 16,0
DUST 1,6
GASES 103,7
UASTEUATER 0,0
TOTAL OUTPUT 121,3
Z RECOVERY 97,51
FEED AND EFFLUENT TEMPERATURES
COAL IN * 200,0 DEG.F
GASES IN = 990.0 DEG.F
CHAR OUT * 1830.0 DE6.F
GASES OUT * 1716,0 DEG.F
31,04 0.17
0,00 6,67
31.04 6.84
11.63 0.03
0.99 0.00
16.16 6.69
0.00 0.00
28,78 6,72
0.70 0,40
69.17 10,37
69.87 10.76
0,25 0,01
0,01 0,02
69,37 10.84
0.00 0,00
69,63 10.87
92.7Z 98,32 99,71 101,02
1
!

1CI6Y IN *
TtRBY OUT =
CAT LOSS =
t HEAT LOSS *
1.002
0,000
1.002
0,256
0,023
0,584
0,000
0,863
86,22
ENERGY BALANCE
:«M!:ffl
8.50EW3 BTU/HR ( 8.96E+03
2,82



VSK
KJ/HR)
TRAP HATER ANALYSIS

SPECIES C

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                                Bed Temperature 10 Inch
                                 Bed Temperature 35 Inch
                                   Reactor Pressure
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                                     Bed Delta P
          (Sample Times
                                       .
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and gas analyses are accurate.   The closure for sulfur is not as good but
is expected to improve when sulfur in the waste water is properly account-
ed for.
     A kinetic model of the gasifier, based on kinetics developed by
Johnson (3), was programmed for the data acquisition system computer.  The
model takes as input the reactor average bed temperature and pressure, feed
rates of coal, steam, oxygen, nitrogen, and purge nitrogen, solids holdup,
ultimate analysis of the feed coke and spent char, the relative reactivity
of the coke and the C0/C02 distribution coefficient.
     The model output, consisting of one page, echos the reactor specifica-
tions and feed rates and shows the comparison of the model and experimental
values for dry make gas flow rate, char removal rate, carbon conversion  and
gas composition (wet basis).  Table 8 shows the results of the model  predic-
tions for GO-28.  For this run, the prediction is very godd.
     In general, for those runs with good mass balances and good fluidized
beds the model compares well with experimental results.
     A full report  on the  results of the first set  of planned gasifier  runs
is to  be issued soon.

ACID GAS REMOVAL SYSTEM
     As was indicated, the gas  produced  in  the gasifier  during  GO-28 was
fed  to the  AGRS where it was contacted with refrigerated methanol  to remove
C02  and sulfur  gases.  The operating conditions  for this run  are represented
schematically in Figure  17.   It should  be  mentioned that in  both the stripp-
ing  and absorption  columns 21.3 feet of 1/4-inch ceramic Intalox saddles
were used  as  the packing material.
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                                          Table  8

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                   *                             «
                   t        HODEL RESULTS         t
                   *                             *
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                   60-28  8-14-7?  12J30-17J30
 REACTOR SPECIFICATIONS

 BED PRESSURE(ATH)    104.00
 BED TEHPERATURE(F)   1830.00
 SOLIDS HOLWP(LB)     17.30
 BED HEIGHTUN)         38.00
 BED DIAMETERUN)      6.00
 FEEDRATES(LB/HR)

 INLET CHAR             38,16
 STEAM                  59,59
 OXYGEN                 16,26
 NITROGEN               4,55
 HYDROGEN               0,00
 PURGE N2               5,82
MODEL PARAMETERS

PRETREAT TEMP(F)    2000.00
CHAR REACTIVITY      0.4030
COMBUSTION EXTENT    0.8030
FEED CHAR ANALYSIS(WT PERCENT)
CARBON
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
NITROGEN
SULFUR
ASH
          81,30
           0,40
           1,80
           1,00
           2,60
          12,70
                              »tt RESULTS ttt
          DRY 6AS FLOW RATE  (SCFH)

          STEAM CONVERSION
          CARBON CONVERSION
            COMBUSTION
            GASIFICATION
            TOTAL

          ASH CONTENT OF CHAR

          CHAR REMOVAL RATE (LI/HR)
 MODEL    EXPERIMENTAL

 16,24       15,79

 0.335       0.311
0.24S
0.333
0.578

25,63

18.04
0.526

24.00

16.00
                    GAS COMPOSITION (MOLE PERCENT)

                             MODEL    EXPERIMENTAL
CO
H2
CH4
C02
H2
H2S
COS
H20
11,39
17,00
2.94
16.08
7.62
0.21
0.00
44.76
10,64
17.77
1.30
15,37
7,86
0.36
0.01
46.68
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           RUN NUMBER A-N-13
             INTEGRATED RUN
           DATE    8/14/1979
COLUMN TEMPERATURE PROFILES t MASS BALANCES
ABSORBER

P=497,40 PSI6
    .—> SUEET
         GAS
mm
              FLASH TANK

              P»144,83 PSI6
                                       FLASH
                                       6AS
                                                            STRIPPER

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                                                ,— > ACID
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       Several process temperatures are depicted in Figure 18.  Normal  operat-
  ing procedure calls for the system to be cooled down using refrigerated me-
  thanol  with only N2 as the feed gas to the absorber.  When gasifier opera-
  tion has stabilized, the product gas is then fed to the absorber.   During
  AMI-13, system integration took place at 11:30 and can be seen  in  the  tem-
  perature rise of the solvent  in the absorber bottoms reservoir.  This,  of
  course,  is  attributed to the  heat of solution of the acid gases  in  the  me-
  thanol.   After  some  lag,  the  desorption  endotherm in the  stripper is also
  evident.  At  17:30,  changes seen  in  the  column  temperature profiles are the
  result of the beginning  of system shut down  and after all samples were  taken
      The  gas and liquid  samples were taken at 16:30  and 17:30.  Averages of
 all process parameters and analyses are used in the mass balance calcula-
 tions.  It should benoted that while the absorber and flash tank temperature
 are fairly constant over this period, there is some change in the stripper
 temperatures.   These temperature variations stem from the amount of solvent
 inventory in the system at a  given time,  but, since most of the  solvent  hold
 up is in the bottoms  reservoir of the stripper where the solvent is  essenti-
 ally clean methanol,  it  is felt that this has a minimal  effect on system oper-
 ation.  This,  in  fact, has  been substantiated by several  runs  using  a CO -N
 methanol  system.  Furthermore,  the slow temperature decline in the stripper
 packing results from  the  exchange  of  heat  between  the solvent  having the strip-
 per bottom and the solvent being fed  to the stripper  from  the flash tank.
 (Refer to  Figure 10, the Lean/Rich  Exchange).  The  packing section temperature
profile,  therefore, will  not line out until the temperature of the solvent
leaving the stripper reaches a  steady state.
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                                         AGRS RUN AMI-13
W1
         -40
                                                            Stripper Bottom Outlet
                                                             Lower Packing Section, Stripper
                                                    Absorber Bottom Outlet
                                                  Lower Packing Section Absorber
                                               Upper Packing Section Absorber
                                               Solvent Feed Temperature Absorber
           9OO    10OO   11OO   120O
130O    14OO    150O   1600   17OO    18OO



      Time

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      The mass balance calculations for AMI-13 are presented in Table 9.
 Mass balance closure was adjusted to compensate for several problems that
 were found at the time of the run.  A leak of approximately 1  SCFM was
 found in the relief system in the absorber, and the sweet gas  flow was ad-
 justed  to compensate for this loss.   In addition, process controller tuning
 caused  fairly wide oscillations  in acid gas flow.  The  methanol  flow rate
 to  the  stripper  was found to be  the  reason for this problem.   Because this
 steam contains H2S, C02,and COS,  the concentration of the gases  in  the acid
 gas will  vary with the inlet solvent flow to the  stripper.  To account for
 this, the C0?, H2S, and COS balances were adjusted.   The  problems with COS
 balance  closure  can be attributed to analytical inaccuracies.  The  problem
 has since been corrected.
      Also presented in Table 9 are calculated  solvent stream compositions.
 Although  the  streams  were sampled and analyzed, there are  still  problems  in
 these areas which  are now being investigated.  The  calculated compositions
 are checked using  the vapor-liquid equilibrium data generated in the  VLE
 laboratory, assuming  the  flash tank  is an adiabatid flashing operation.
      In general, the  AGRS  has operated extremely  well.  Usually, before any
adjustments are made  in the mass  balance calculations, better than 92% clo-
sure  is found.  Current emphasis  is on developing a mathematical model for
 the C02-N2-methanol systems with  plans to extend  this calculation for the
multicomponent system.  Also, since less than  a tenth of the available mass
transfer  area  is required for the  bulk of the C02 and H2S removal in the ab-
 sorber, additional  temperature sensors are being  installed to follow mass
 transfer  rates by monitoring the absorption exotherm.   It is hoped that  this,
 1n addition to samples taken from the column packing, will provide the
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                                              Table 9
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                                  NCSU DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

                                      ACID  GAS   REMOVAL   SYSTEM

                                mitttmtmitmtmtttmsmmtww
                                            RUN NUMBER A-M-13
                                              INTEGRATED RUN
                                            DATE    8/14/1979
                                    STREAM COMPOSITION (VOL Z)
C02
HEOH
H2
CH4
SOUR GAS

29.100
 0.000
33.870
20.03
13J-
 2.400
                    SUEET6AS

                    0.000
 0.000
48.990
28.300
19,930
 2.780
RASHGAS

48,070
 0,000
23,590
15,900
 8,720
 3,350
STRIPN2

 0,000
  0,000
  0,000
  0,000
100,000
  0,000
                     ACID GAS

                      77.890
 0.000
 0,000
 0.000
19,590
 0,490
                      ABSORBOT

                       7.374
92,290
 0,000


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                                                             t           t
                                                     FLASHBOT   STWPBOT
                                                       6.847
                                            92.903
                                            0,000
                                            0.000
                                            0,000
                                            0.075
                       0.004
                                            99.442
                                            0.000
                                            0.000
                                            O.S21
                                            0.034
                                      CALCULATED
                                    KASS BALANCE (LB-MOLES/HR)
                  IN
                                       OUT
         SOUR GAS    STRIP N2
                          SUEETGAS    FLASH6AS    ACID GAS
                                                   TOTAL IN    TOTAL OUT    Z RECOVERY
no
m
rns
MEOH
SHtw

M2
&
TOTAL
0,569
0,013
0.001
0.000
0.662
0,392
0,268
0,047
1,955
0.000
0,000
0.000
0,000
0,000
0,000
0,182
0,000
0,182
0.000
0,000
0.000
0,000
0,672
0,388
0,273
0,038
1,372
0,044
0,000
0,000
0,000
0,022
0,015
0,008
0.003
0,092
0,525
0.013
0.001
0.000
0.000
0.000
0,132
0.003
0,674
0.569
0.013
0,001
0.000
0.662
0.392
0.451
0.047
2,134
0.569
0,013
0.001
0.000
0.694
0.403
0.413
0.045
2.137
99.953
99.961
123.295
O.OM
104.742
102.846
91.723
94.847
100.129
(LB-MOLES/HR)
                                      METHANOL-FREE BASIS
                            TOTAL METNANOL LOSS* 0.000 LB-MOLES/HR = 0,000 GALLONS/HI
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necessary information to characterize  the solvent  system  used.
                               REFERENCES


 1.  American Society for Testing  and Materials,  1976  Annual  Book of ASTM
     Standards

 2.  American Public Health Association, American Water  Association, and
     Water Pollution Control. Federation, Standard Methods  for the Exami-
     nation of Water and Wastewater,  14th  ed.,  Washington, D. C., Ameri-
     can Public Health Assoc.,  1976.

 3.  Johnson, J.  L., "Kinetics  of  Bituminous  Coal  Char Gasification,
     with Gases Containing Steam and  Hydrogen," Adv. Chem. Ser., No.
     131, 1974.

 4.  Ferrell, J.  K., R.  W. Rousseau,  and D. G.  Bass, "The  Solubility
     of Acid Gases  in Methanol," EPA-600/7-79-097, April,  1979.

 5.  Agreda, V. H.,  R.  M.  Felder,  and J. K. Ferrell, "Devolatilization
     Kinetics and Elemental  Release in the Pyrolysis of  Pulverized
     Coal," EPA-600/7-79-241, November, 1979.
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APPENDICES
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                                     Appendix I

                            GASIFIER - PCS PRESSURE  TEST

            The pressure  test should be made  the  day before each gasifier
       run  to  determine the  leak  rate for  use  in  the material balance cal-
       culations  and  to assure that  the system has no major gas leaks.
            A  leak  rate of less than  0.80  SCFM has proven to be satisfac-
       tory.

  1.  After the vessels are sealed set PIC-310 in auto at 100.0 psig
  2.  Open AOV-116 and set FIC-116 (N2) at 12.0 SCFM
  3.  Open AOV-101  and set all purges at a low value (~10)
  4.  Check that the  valve to the on-line  sample  port  SX-1  is closed
  5.  When gasifier reaches  about 75 psig  manually check  all fittings  (with
      snoop) that have been  opened since the  last run
  6.  Open  the valve  to the  cyclone  sample train  and set  a flow of about 4
      at  the rotameter.   Check all fittings (especially the seal around the
      filter housing)  for leaks.   Close inlet  valve  to close off cyclone
      sample train.
  7.   Continue  pressurization  until  reactor is at 100 psig
  8.   Close all purge N2 valves and close  AOV-101
  9.   Start   Data  Acquisition System.  Run (300,2)  PTEST
10.   Put FIC-116 in loop manual  and close the control  valve;  close AOV-116
11.  Put PIC-310 in loop manual  and close  the control  valve
12.  Let the pressure decay for  at least 30 min.
13.  Turn off data acquisition system;  Run Stop  .
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14.   Calculate the pressure decay
      A.  Choose two times about  10  m1n.  apart  (start about 5 itrin.  after start
          of pressure decay)
      B.  Substract pressure readings  (channel  25)  and divide by time span
      C.  This gives psi  pressure drop/m1n  (AP)
15,   Calculate the system volume from following equation
          V (ft3) • 120 9 - * Coke  lg  ^opper -   PCS tank level  + 16  7 Q7
                                   HO . <-                 12
16.   Calculate the leak rate from the following equation:
                             Leak rate (SCFM) =              x  359
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                        NUCLEAR LEVEL GAUGE CALIBRATION
                      LT-101, REACTOR BED LEVEL INDICATOR

      The Texas Nuclear density gauge is to be calibrated so that the recorder
 indicates 10% when the reactor is empty, and 90% when a 1/2-inch steel  plate
 is inserted in front of the  source.   The radiation beam is  about two inches
 in diameter,  and the recorder goes from 10% to 90% as the top  of the coal
 bed passes  the beam.
      Calibrate the level  gauge  while  the reactor is empty.  Open  the shutter.
 1.   Turn  on the  control  panel switch  and allow the detector to warm  up  for
     24 hours,  if  not  already  on.
 2.   Connect a  chart  recorder  to the gauge output  in order to determine  that
     an indication  has stabilized.
 3.   Set the meter  and recorder at  10% with  the  "baseline position" control.
 4.   Hang  the 1/2-inch steel plate  between the  source  and the reactor vessel.
     Wait about 5 minutes between steps.
 5.  Adjust the "density calibration" control to make  the output read 90%.
6.  Remove the steel plate.  If the recorder does not indicate 10%, repeat
    steps 3 through 6.
7.  Close the  radiation source shutter.  The recorder will  go  off up-scale.
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                               ON-LINE EQUIPMENT SET-UP
         Mom' tor
 I     Remove cell  holder from mount
 2.   Check that  range  is on high
 3    Adjust to  "cal" point with span adjustment
 M     On lower right hand side of SX-1 cabinet hook-up vent line
 e    Open V-611  on panel
 k    Open "sample" valve on SX-1 02 meter
 1 f   Adjust flow to approx. 1 SCFH
 a    When reading is less than 5% on 0-25% scale put range on MED
 o*
      CO & COo Analyzers
 -     Open main  valve on CO, C02 calibration tank
 z    Set V-651  on N£
      Adjust "zero" on  both meters
 -    Set V-651  on C0/C02
 *    Adjust gain on both meters to  calibration gas concentration
 y*
 *    Repeat 2 to 5 until zero and range  both correct
 V'
 -    Set V-651  on N9;  close main valve on gas  cylinder
 7-                c
 a    Open SX-1  (at control  panel)
 8»
 g    Close V-617
      Should observe  approximately 26-28  psi pressure
10»
,1    If not open valve on  SX-1  panel at filter outlet
1 1 •
      Set all cabinet  purges to  10 SCFH
„„    Turn all dryers  on
 |3-
      Set-up recorders  in  control  room
!*•
      If you wish to look  at port  other  than  SX-1
 15 •
      A.  Close V-611  (02  monitor  stays  at  SX-1)
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B.  Turn on SX-  port that is desired at control panel
C.  Open appropriate valve on panel (in plant)
D.  Change as desired
E.  If stripper exit is desired turn pump on first

Cyclone Sample Train
1.  Turn on heat tracing of sample train line
2.  Turn on cooling water to sample train condenser
3.  After startup is nearly complete set sample train floor at  a  rota-
    meter reading of 8.
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                     SHUT-DOWN FOR ON-LINE EQUIPMENT
  CO  &  C02  analyzers
  None  required
  02  monitor
  1.  Wait  until all AOV's on gasifier are in manual
  2.  Turn  off SX-1 at control panel
  3.  Open  V-617; set range on high
  4.  Open  V-611 (may already be open)
  5.  Set V-651 on N2 (may already be there)
  6.  Turn  cabinet purges off
  7.  Turn  dryers off
 8.  Close sample valve on SX-1 02 monitor
 9.  Hook-up C02 cylinder to "span" fitting
10.  Open  "span" valve
11.  Set C02 pressure at approximately 10 psig
12.  Let flow for approximately 10 minutes at 2 SCFH
13.  Remove vent line
14.  Install  plugs and turn "span" valve off at the same time
15.  Remove C02 cylinder
 Cyc1 one Sample Tra i n
 Allow sample train to run during shut down for a sufficient time  to
 purge test meter with nitrogen.
 1.  Turn off sample  train flow
 2.  Turn off cooling water
 3.  Turn off heat tracing
 4.  Drain remaining  water from condensate tank
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                      GASIFIER OPERATION PROCEDURE
 Day before Run
 1.   Complete pre start-up checklist  (See  appendix)
 2.   Turn on nuclear level  gauge.
 3.   Run pressure test
 Day of Run
 1.   Turn exhaust fans  on
 2.   Light flare
 3.   Check status of on-line equipment
 4.   Reset alarm  system at  alarm panel
 5.   Set  AOV's  according to following table
                                                 Setting
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
                                                 Closed
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
                                                  Auto
6.  Check that PIC-310 is  in  auto  at 99.5  psig
7.  Set purges at a low value (approximately 10 SCFH)
8.  Set FIC-116 at 12 SCFM; turn H-13 on 9 1000°F
9.  Check that steam is on by-pass;  drain  condensate  from  steam  line  and
    superheater by opening V-321 and  V-327
AOV
110
111
ITS
116
117




Setting
Auto
Closed
Auto
Auto
Auto




AOV
101
213
215
241
254
270
294
296
297
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10.  Set FIC-115 (Stm)  at 40  #/hr; turn H-14 on (? 1000°F
11.  When PT-310 is  at  99.5 psig, turn venturi scrubber pump on
12.  Reset N2 purges
     Feed Hopper       10 SCFH
     Feed Screw       100 SCFH
     Reactor Shell     40 SCFH
     Receiver           0 SCFH
13.  Reset FIC-116 to 13.5  SCFM for remainder of heatup
14.  When TT-201 reaches 400°F  start coke feed (see coke feed Instructions)
15.  Reset FIC-115 (STM) to 15  #/hr
16.  When TT-201 reaches 650°F  start oxygen:  reduce N« to 12.5 SCFM, set
     02  at 0.10 SCFM
17.  If  TT-201 does not respond within about 1 min., turn the oxygen off
     and let the bed heat to about 675°F before trying ignition again.
18.  Bring TT-201 to 1400°F very slowly  (having the bed temperature under
     control at  this point tends to reduce  problems during the  remainder
     of  the  start-up)
19.  When TT-201  reaches 1400°F, increase oxygen by 0.50 and take steam
     off bypass.  (Note:  It  takes approximately 7 minutes to take steam
     off bypass —  allow plenty of  time)
20.  Bring TT-201 from 1400°F  to 1800°F  (or desired temperature)  by  in-
      creasing  oxygen;  during this  time  increase stm from 15 l/hr  to the
      final value; decrease N2  so as to maintain a  space velocity  of about  I.Q
21.   Set FIC-114 (stm) and FIC-116  (N2)  to  their final values
22.   Reset N2 purges
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      Feed  Hopper         0
      Feed  Screw        100  SCFH
      Reactor Shell     40  SCFH
      Receiver            0
23.   When  bed temperature is stable at desired temperature, set 0? on
      cascade.  While Og  is on cascade, watch the bed temperature profile
      at all times.  If the next higher thermocouple becomes hotter than
      the control thermocouple, remove 02 from cascade control  and lower
      the Op output by approximately 0.05.  If this does not line out the
     temperature profile, reduce Og by 0.05 again.  Once the temperature
     profile is correct,  increase 02 so as to bring the bed to the de-
     sired temperature.  Return 02 to cascade.
24.  During start-up if the bed delta-P rises very high (>30)  a sudden
     large (approximately 10 SCFM) increase in  nitrogen input  may loosen
     the bed and lower the AP.
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                               COKE  FEED INSTRUCTIONS
1.  When TT-201  (01  on recorder)  reaches 400°F start feed screw at 40 rpm (no
    removal)
2.  Stop feed when 03 (TT-203, 25" bed) responds (approximately 2500 counts);
    Turn removal screw on and remove about 10 counts,  then turn off
3.  Do not feed or remove during  remainder of heat-up
4.  When 02 is started set feed at 20 rpm and set removal at 20 rpm (this will
    very slowly build the bed; maintain these rates as steady as possible so as
    to aid the chief operator)
5.  When the bed temperatures are near the final values and the bed AP is near
    normal slowly increase the feed RPM to the steady state value; maintain the
    removal rate at 20 rpm (this will build the bed)
6.  When the bed level is established set the removal rate so as to maintain the
    bed at  48-50% of scale,  on recorder.
7.  If during start-up the bed lifts (indicated by  TT-201 (or 01 on  recorder)
    falling rapidly)  turn feed screw off and  set removal  rate at  about 10 rpm
8.  At start of shutdown turn feed  screw off  and record  both total  feed  counts
    and removal counts on Gasifier  Report Sheet.  After  feed screw  is shut off
    set removal at approximately  60-70  rpm.
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                                   GASIFIER SHUT-DOWN
  1.   Check  that  the  propane  to the flare is on
  2.   Turn off  H-13 and  H-14
  3.   Stop feed screw; record removal counts
  4.   Bring  down  CL flow while increasing Np to maintain UQ
  5.   Bring  down  Stm flow while increasing N«; when steam is at approximately 20 #/hr
      put on bypass
  6.   Reset  all AOV's
                      110  closed                101   open
                      111   closed                213   closed
                      115  closed                215   closed
                      116  open                  241   closed
                      117  closed                254   closed
                                                 270   open
                                                 294   closed
                                                 296   open
                                                 297   closed
 7.   Set N?  at approximately  10 SCFM and maintain until  TT-201  is  approximately
     1200°F
 8.   Turn off  scrubber pump and N2
 9.   Close  AOV-116 and AOV-270
10.   Put PIC-310  in  loop manual  open valve  to approximately 8%
11.   Close  AOV-101 and close  purge N2 valves;  check shut-down of on-line  instru-
     ments;  turn  off cyclone  sample train;  close  shutter to nuclear  level gauge;
     close  main N~ valve
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                              AGRS OPERATION PROCEDURE
     Day  before  Run
•j.   Turn dehydrators  on;  check N2 purge flow (.5 SCFH); check that refrigerator
     oil  heaters are on.
2.   Complete pre-start-up checklist  (see appendix)
3.   For syngas  runs check for sufficient gas cylinder  supply
     Day  of Run
3.   Open refrigerator compressor isolation valves  (3)
4.   Reset alarm system at  alarm panel
5.   Set  AOV's
                                   AOV  Setting
                                        -Syngas auto
                                        "integ. closed
                                   333  auto
                                   341   auto
                                    360   closed
                                    381   closed
                                    393   auto
                                    395  closed
                            Settinq
                            auto
                            closed
                            closed
                            auto
                            auto
  g.   For a Syngas run check that  PIC-310  is in auto  and  set at  100 psig
  7.   For a Syngas run set syngas  N2  at  approximately 10  SCFM  and set FIC-315 at
      approximately 6  SCFM; set PCV-345  (absorber)  at 95  psig; open CCL tank valves
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AQV
309
322
340
356
397
399






Setting
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
AOV
131
141
151
140
150
AOV
310
330
345
351
352
370
Setting
auto
auto
auto
auto
auto
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  8.   Set PIC-370  (stripper)  in auto at  10 psig; set stripping N2 at DV = 1
  9.   Using  process N2  (by opening V-248) set flash tank pressure to 30 psig using
      PlC-353
 10.   When absorber is  at 95  psig reset  FIC-315 to 4 SCFM
 11.   Check  that LIC-341 and  LIC-351 are in auto
 12.   When all pressures have stabilized turn on P-35 (solvent circulation pump)
      DO NOT set over 50%;when positive  indication of solvent  flow is seen (PT-
      354 pulsing) turn refrigerator system on and set TIC-349 at -35°F; if P-35
      is vapor locked close V-549 and momentarily open V-554.  Immediately open
      v-549; repeat if necessary.  CAUTION:  Some solvent will be discharged down drain.
 13.  After indication of cooling is noted (TT-349 falling) begin to pressurize
     the absorber to 480 psig as follows;
     A.  Set FIC-121  (N2) at full  open (15 psig output)
     B.  Turn sourgas compressor (CP-31) on  and close V-1006
     C.  Reset PIC-345 (absorber)  to 480 psig
     D.  Reset FIC-315 to approximately 6 SCFM
     E.  Reset syngas N~ flow such  that PIC-310 control  valve is approximately
         10-15% open
14.  When  absorber reaches  about 200 psig reset PIC-353(flash tank)  to  100 psig
15.  When  absorber bottoms  temperature reaches  40°F  turn off process  N2 to flash
     tank  (close V-248) and  set  PIC-353 to desire  pressure
16.  When  temperatures  reach the desired values initiate complete  synqas  flow
     using  AGRS  conditions  report as  a guide
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                           INTEGRATED RUN PROCEDURE

    Gasifier -  use  normal  start-up
    AGRS
1.  Set PCV-308 at  100  psig
2.  Open V-240  to supply  start-up nitrogen  to  AGRS
3.  Pressurize  AGRS as  normal  (see  AGRS  operating procedure)  but with  FIC-315
    less than 7 SCFM
4.  Integration procedure
    A.  Open V-552 (Gasifier-AGRS  isolation valve)
    B.  Set FIC-315 at approximately 1.0 SCFM
    C.  Set PCV-308 such that PT-313 is approximately .6 psi  lower than PT-310
    D.  Place PIC-310 in loop manual
    E.  Open AOV-305 (set  in auto)
    F.  Close V-240 (process N2 supply)
    G.  Remove  PIC-310 from loop manual
    H.  Increase FIC-315 slowly
 5.  Increase FIC-315 to desired value but  not so high as to  decrease  PIC-310
    valve  position  to  less than 10%.  Continue to monitor valve position of
    PIC-310 and if  position becomes less than 4%, reduce setpoint of  FIC-315
    Note:   To  conserve make-gas flow after integration  open  SX-2 and  route
    gas to SX-1  02  monitor, then turn off  SX-1 sample port.   This will con-
    serve  approximately  0.7 SCFM of gas.
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                        GASIFIER - AGRS SEPARATION PROCEDURE

1.  If the oxygen monitoring point has been moved to  SX-2  move  it  back  to  SX-1
2.  Slowly lower FIC-315 to 1.0 SCFM (observe  PCV-310 for  erratic  behavior)
3.  Close AOV-305 and open V-240 at the same time
4.  Set FIC-315 at 5 SCFM to purge system;  increase stripping N2 to  DV  = 3
5.  Close V-552 (gasifier - AGRS isolation)
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                                AGRS  SHUT-DOWN

1.  If run was a syngas run turn off  flows  of H2S,  mixed gas  and  C02;  adjust
    N2 flow to compensate
2.  Set FIC-315 to 5 SCFM to purge system;  set  stripping N2  DV = 3;  reduce
    flash tank pressure to 100 psig and open V-248 (process N2 supply) to
    set a flow of approximately 1.0 SCFM
3.  Turn off refrigeration unit and valve off compressor
4.  After all acid gases have been vented from the system turn solvent cir-
    culation pump P-35 off and allow solvent to drain from packing.  After
    approximately 2 minutes place LIC-341 and LIC-351 in loop manual and close
    the valves
 5.  Close  FCV-315 (in  loop manual) and turn  off CP-31 (sour gas  compressor)
 6.  Turn  syngas  N2 off (if syngas  run) or close V-240 (if  integrated  run)
 7.  Turn  off stripping N2 to  stripper; leave all pressure  controllers  in auto
 8.  Turn  all  AOV's to  the closed  position after manual  power  is  restored.
    Audible click can  be heard  behind panel.
 9.   Turn  all  gas cylinders  off
10.   Turn  off dehydrators D-31 (breaker #5)
11.   If run was  a syngas run  and HgS  was  used open  AOV-310  (FIC-315 in loop
    manual; closed)  and turn on AOV-140 and AOV-150 (purge N2 supply to syn-
     gas box) leave  these purges on for 5 min.; close AOV's 310,  140, 150
12.   Close main  N2 valve
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                      Appendix  II




               AGRS - Manual Valve Settings
I.   Gas Lines
Valve
V-237
V-121
V-122
V-301
V-303
V-305
V-307
V-302
V-304
V-306
V-361
V-369
V-546
V-552
V-240
V-241
V-368
V-331
V-264
V-1006
V-1010
V-1009
V-1013
V-1005
V-l014b
Position
open
open
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
open
closed
open
closed
open
closed
closed
open
open
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
Location Level
N2 supply to syngas First floor
N2 inlet to manifold
N2 inlet to manifold
CCL inlet to manifold
H2S inlet to manifold
Mixed gas inlet to manifold
Manifold drain
Low point drain
Low point drain
Low point drain
Manifold exit
Syngas supply to dehydrators
(closed for Integrated run)
Gasifier - AGRS isolation valve
(open for integrated run)
Gasifier - AGRS isolation valve
(closed for integrated run)
Process N2 supply at dehydrators
Purge N2 to dehydrators
dehydrator bypass valve
F-33 drain
Compressor isolation valve
Manual spill back valve
Suction bottle drain
Discharge bottle drain
Knockout bottle drain
E-31 exit valve
Gas chiller by-pass
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Manual Valve Settings - Cont.
Valve
V-1015
V-1023
V-1024
V-1025
V-1017
V-444
V-449
V-182
V-158
V-159
V-160
V-161
V-162
V-163
V-164
V-165
V-448
V-248
V-246
V-452
V-1026
V-1027
V-223
V-225
V-1028
I. Gas Lines
Position
open
open
closed
closed
open
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
Location Level
Gas chiller exit First floor
Spill back access valve
Surge bottle drain
Compressor exit gas sampling valve
Purge ^ to absorber bottom
Process N2 to absorber bottom
Purge N2 to stripper bottom
Steam to reboiler
Steam exit from reboiler







Purge N2 to flash tank Second floor
Process N2 to flash tank
Gas exit from flash tank
Manual pressure release for flash tank
Flash tank gas sample valve
Absorber gas sample valve Third floor
Manual pressure release for absorber
Manual pressure release for stripper
Stripper gas sampling valve
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Manual Valve Settings - Cont.
Valve
V-587
V-589
V-590
V-548
V-554
V-549
V-363
V-1003
V-1035
V-1004
V-1016
V-1007
V-335
V-1001
V-1002
V-106
V-1012
v-ion
V-1040
V-1041
V-512
V-513
V-519
V-561
V-505
V-506
II. MeOH
Position
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
closed
open
open
closed
closed
open
closed
open
open
open
closed
closed
and Water Lines for MeOH system without trim heater
Location Level
MeOH supply to P-35 First floor
Start-up tank isolation valve'
MeOH supply to start-up pump
Drain line at P-35 exit
Drain line at P-35 exit
P-35 exit
Start up pump exit
MeOH to gas chiller
MeOH drain and vent line
MeOH injection valve
MeOH drain @ rupture plate
MeOH drain and vent line
MeOH restriction valve
Block valve
Block valve
Cooling water supply to E-31
Cooling water discharge from E-31
E-31 shell side vent
Cooling water bypass for refrig.
Cooling water exit from refrig
MeOH bypass at refrig
MeOH feed to refrig
MeOH feed to refrig
MeOH exit from refrig at E-36 Second floor
At E-36

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Manual Valve Settings - Cent.
Valve
V-507
V-508
V-509
V-510
V-511
V-484
V-485
V-1018
V-481
V-482
V-154
V-1019
v-no
V-572
V-573
V-555
V-526
V-334
V-525
V-527
V-536
V-528
V-550
V-529
V-450
V-533
II. MeOH and
Position
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
only one
open
only one
open
only one
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
Water Lines for MeOH system without
Location








Water supply at E-36




Top feed to absorber
Middle feed to absorber
Bottom feed to absorber
MeOH bypass at F-31
MeOH sample tap at F-31
F-31 isolation
F-31 isolation
F-31 drain
F-31 drain
Absorber bottom drain
Flash tank by pass
Manual absorber level control
Flash tank drain
trim heater
Level













Third Floor
Second Floor






First floor
Second floor


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Manual Valve Settings - Cont.
Valve
V-530
V-333
V-557
V-558
V-559
V-531
V-534
V-535
V-537
V-538
V-539
V-556
V-560
V-1024
V-593
V-595
V-594
V-593
V-520
V-330
V-451
V-112
V-157
V-156
II. MeOH
Position
open
closed
open
closed
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
closed
open
closed
closed
closed
and Water Lines for MeOH system without trim heater
Location Level
Flash tank exit Second floor
MeOH sample tap at flash tank exit
E-37 bypass First floor
E-37 bypass
E-37 bypass
Feed to stripper
At E-37




Reboiler drain
Reboiler drain
Reboiler exit
E-37 bypass
E-37 bypass
E-37 exit
E-37 exit
Chemical addition pump
MeOH sample tap at reboiler exit
Manual level control for flash tank at stripper top
Cooling water for E-38
Cooling water for E-38
Cooling water for E-38
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                   MODIFICATION LIST FOR AGRS VALVING LIST

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Liquid Side Valves
V-595       closed
V-593       open
V-594       open
V-557       closed
V-558       open
V-559       open

 Integrated  Run
Gas Side Valves
V-369        closed        syngas supply to  dehydrators
V-546        open          Gasifier  AGRS isolation  valve
 V-552        closed        Gasifier  AGRS isolation  valve

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                       COAL GASIFICATION PLANT START UP CHECKLIST
                       Run No. 	Date	
                   Gasifier:  Air	00	Syngas	
                                                             Integrated	
 Item
 1.  Nitrogen tank level
 2.  Nitrogen tank pressure
 3.  a.  Propane tank level
     b.  Propane regulator pressure
 4.  Main N2 supply valve
 5.  Main propane supply valve
 6.  Main steam supply valve
 7.  Main water supply valve
 8.  Oxygen mainfold pressure
 9.  Main 208 V breaker
10.  Main 440/480 V breaker
11.  Purge N2 pressure  PCV-123
12.  Process N2 pressure  PI-121
13.  Scrubber circulation pump
     Oil  level  and status
     Scrubber drain pump status
     Feed screw motor
     Oil  level  and status
     Removal  screw motor
     Oil  level  and status
     Air  compressor
     Oil  level,  belt tension,  status
                                                   Setting  or Reading    Initials    Date
14.
15.

16.

17.

18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
     Scrubber  tank manway
     PCS Tank  Cleaned
     Steam on  by-pass
     02 regulator PCV-101 at 200 psi
     02 regulator PCV-110 at 135 psi
     Nuclear level gauge
     Feed hopper charged
     Feed hopper vent closed
     Feed coke sampled
     PCS tank  level
     PCS valving configuration
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Item                                             Setting or Reading   Initials    Date

29.        V-324 closed
           V-566A Open
           V-566B Closed
           V-501 Closed
           V-583 Closed
           V-567 Closed
           V-564 Closed
           V-581 Closed
           V-565 Closed
           V-546 Open
           V-552 Closed
30.  Reator pressure test                        	  	    	
31.  Scrubber pump setting                       	  	    	
32.  All unnecessary extension cords unpluged    	  	    	
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                           ACID  GAS  REMOVAL SYSTEM START UP CHECKLIST
                          Run No.	Date	
                Gasifier:  Air	CL	Syngas	Integrated_
 Item
 1.  Refrigerator oil  reservoir
     crankcase heaters on for 24 hrs
 2.  Check manual valve settings
     (See Appendix A)
 3.  a.  Nitrogen tank level
     b.  Nitrogen tank pressure
 4.  a.  Propane tank  level
     b.  Propane tank  pressure
 5.  Main N2 supply valve
 6.  Main propane supply valve
 7.  Main water supply valve
 8.  Purge N2 pressure PCV 123
 9.  Process N2 pressure PI  122
10.  Check availability of gas cylinders
     (C02, H2S, etc.)  for syngas run

11.  Solvent circulation pump
     oil  level and status
12.  Startup pump status
13.  Sour gas Compressor
     oil  level, belt tension, status
14.  Syngas tank pressures
     a)  C02 tank pressure
     b)  H2S tank pressure
     c)  Mixed Gas tank pressure
15.  Syngas supply pressure
     a)  C02 supply pressure  @  250  psi
     b)  H2S supply pressure  @  125  psi
     c)  Mixed gas supply pressure @  135j3si
Setting or Reading^   Initials    Date
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 Item
 16.   Dehydrators  in  line  (V-368) closed
 17.   Purge  N2  to  dehydrators set at  .5 SCFM
 18.   Instrument air  to dehydrators on
 19.   Drain  suction,  discharge and post-
      compressor surge bottles
20.   Vent shell side  of E-31 on
      sourgas compressor
                                               Setting  or  Reading    Initials
21
Foxboro controllers settings
No. 1 set at 568 psig
No. 2 set at 50 psig
22    Manual  spill back valve  (V-1006) open
--a    Valves  on  level sensing AP cell open
{.•j •
•)n    Level control valve for flash tank
      selected  (back  of  rack 7)
25.   Water supply  to refrigerator open
26.   Vent shell side  of  condenser
      on  refrigerator
27.   Refrigerant level  in  reservoir
28.   Instrument air  to  refrigerator PI-J50
      set at  40 psig
29.   Refrigerator  crankcase  oil level
30.   Alarms  for refrigerator (any on)
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 POSITION
    UP:
  CENTER:
   DOWN:
           Appendix III
    GASIFIER - PCS - AGRS ALARMS
    ALARM BUS CONTROL SWITCHES
         ACTION
 Alarm,  2 Min.  Delay, Shutdown
 Alarm only
 Immediate Shutdown (Oxygen,  Air,  and  Steam off;
 Nitrogen full  on.   In  the AGRS  system, supply
 gasses  and gas  compressor off.)
 TAG
 FAL/H-114

 FAL/H-115
 FAL/H-116
 TAH-130
 TAH-140
 PAL/H-114
TAH-132
TAH-142
DPAH/HH-201
PAH-213
DPAH-232
DPAH/L-231

TAH-234
       CONDITION
Low/high oxidant feed rate; -10%,+
   fail to follow  (FTF)
Low/high steam feed; +22%, -10% FTF
Low/high nitrogen feed; +10%, -10% FTF
Oxidant feed temp.  > 1350°F
Steam feed temp.  > 1557°F
Oxidant supply pres.  < 110 or > 180 PSI
H-13 Heater temp  >  2000°F
H-14   "     "    >  2000°F
Reactor differential press.   >  25/> 48"  Water
Reactor pressure   >  110 PSI
Scrubber diff. press  >   98"  Water
Water injection differential
   Pressure  < 5 or >   18 PSI
Scrubber exit temperature >   350°F
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DPAH-291              Filter differential  pressure   >  30"  Water
TAH-293              Sour gas temperature   >  350°F
TAH-315              Absorber feed gas temp  > 2%  over set point
PAH-345              Absorber pressure    > 540 PSI
TAL/H-349            Absorber solvent feed -5% FTP
TAL/H-390            Stripper column temperature  <-20° or>  240°F
PAH-370              Stripper column pressure  > 12.8 PSI
PAL/H-313            Compressor suction pressure <80 or>  120 PSI
PAL/H-315            Compressor discharge pressure  < 200 or >  550 PSI
DPAH-315             Dehydrator differential pressure  > 48" Water
DPAH-320             Gas chiller differential pressure > 48" Water
TAH-322              Sour  gas temperature   > 275°F
DPAH-340             Absorber differential  pressure   > 48" Water
PAL/H-353            Flash tank pressure    <  75 or >   500  PSI
PAL/H-354            Solvent pump  pressure <  350  or  > 550  PSI
TAH-371              Vent  temperature  >  142°F
DPAH-390             Stripper differential  pressure   > 48" Water
The set  points for the following  switch-contact sensors are not available:
PAH-117               Feed gas pressure
 LAL/H-252             Scrub water  level
 PAL-356               Refrigeration suction pressure
 PAH-363               Refrigeration discharge pressure
 TAH-363               Refrigeration discharge temperature
 PAL-364              Refrigeration oil pressure
 TAH-317              Compressor pressure
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LAL/H-342           Absorber level

LAL/H-352           Flash tank level

LAL/H-392           Reboiler level

LAL-394             Reboiler coil level

PAL/H-122           Nitrogen pressure

PAL/H-131           Carbon dioxide supply pressure

PAH-141             Hydrogen sulfide supply pressure

PAH-151             Mixed gas pressure

PAH-160             Manifold pressure


The following alarms cause immediate pressure release and nitrogen purge:

TAH-201             Reactor temperature   >   2150°F

PAHH-213            Reactor pressure   >   125 psi

PAHH-345            Absorber pressure   >   570 psi

OXH-201             PCS oxygen high

OXH-315             AGRS oxygen high


The electric heaters H-13 and H-14, are turned off by alarms TAH-130, TAH-140,
TAH-132, and TAH-142.
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                                      Appendix  IV

                                        Table 10
                              FACTORS FOR UNIT  CONVERSIONS
Quantity   Equivalent Values
Mass


Length



Volume
Force


Pressure
Energy
Power
1 kg « 1000 g = 0.001  metric ton » 2.20462 Ib  - 35.27392  oz.
1 lbm = 16 02. = 5 x 10'1* ton = 453.593 g = OT453593 kg
                                                           e
1 m = 100 cm = 1000 ran = 106 microns (y) = 1010 angstroms  (A)
    = 39.37 in. = 3.2808 ft. = 1.0936 yards = 0.0006214 mile

1 ft = 12 in. = 1/3 yd « 0.3048 m = 30.48 cm

1 m3 = 1000 liters = 106 cm3 = 106 ml
     » 35.3145 ft3 = 220.83 imperial gallons = 264.17 gallons
     = 1056.68 quarts

1 ft3 = 1728 in3 = 7.4805 gallons = 0.028317 m3 = 28.317 liters
      = 28.317 cm3

1 N = 1 kg ' m/s2 = 10s dynes = 105 g • cm/s2 = 0.22481 Ib-
1 lbf = 32.174 lbm • ft/s2 = 4.4482 N = 4.4482 x 105 dynesT

1 atm = 1.01325 x 105  N/m2 (Pa) = 1.01325 bars
      = 1.01325 x 106  dynes/cm2
      = 760 mm Hg 0 0°C (torr) = 10.333 m H90 @ 4°C
      = 14.696 lb,/in2 (psi) = 33.9 ft H,0 t 4°C
      = 29.921 inTHg @ 0°C              £

1 J = 1 N • m = 107 ergs = 107 dyne • cm
    = 2.778 x 10-7 kW • hr = 0.23901 cal
    = 0.7376 ft-lbf =  9.486 x 10"1* Btu

1 W = 1 J/s = 0.23901  cal/s = 0.7376 ft - lb,/s = 9.486 x  10'1* Btu/s
    = 1.341 x 10"3 hp                       T
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                                TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
                          (Please read Instructions on the reverse before completing)
 1. REPORT NO.
 EPA-600/7-80-046a
                                                      3. RECIPIENT'S ACCESSION NO.
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Coal Gasification/Gas Cleanup Test Facility:
 Volume I. Description and Operation
            5. REPORT DATE
             March 1980
            6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
7. AUTHORtS)
J.K. Ferrell, R.M. Felder, R.W.Rousseau,
 J.C.McCue, R.M.Kelly,  and W.E.Willis
                                                      8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO.
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
North Carolina State University
Department of Chemical Engineering
Raleigh, North Carolina 27650
             10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
             EHE623A
             11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.

             Grant No. R804811
 12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS
 EPA, Office of Research and Development
 Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory
 Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
             13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED
             Task Final; 9/77-12/78
             14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE
              EPA/600/13
 is. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES  IERL-RTP project officer is Robert A. McAllister,  Mail Drop
 61, 919/541-2160.
 16. ABSTRACT
          The report describes an integrated fluidized-bed coal gasification reactor
 and acid gas removal system. The gasifier operates operates at 100 psig at up to
 2000 F, and has a coal feed capacity of 50 Ib/hr.  The gas cleaning system contains
 a cyclone, a venturi scrubber, and an absorber/flash-tank/stripper system for acid
 gas removal. The overall objective of the research carried out using the facility is
 to characterize completely the gaseous and condensed phase emissions as a function
 of plant operating conditions.  The report contains a detailed description of the plant
 and associated facilities,  a summary of operating procedures, and results of a run
 for the steam-oxygen gasification of a Western Kentucky No.  11 coal char.  By fol-
 lowing the outlined operating procedures,  the plant can be brought to steady state in
 less than 4 hours. At steady state, satisfactory material balance  closures were
 achieved on total mass and major elements.
17.
                             KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
                DESCRIPTORS
                                          b.lDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS
                         c. COSATl Field/Group
Pollution
Coal Gasification
Gas Scrubbing
Fluidized Bed Processing
Pollution Control
Stationary Sources
Acid Gases
13B
13H
07A
18. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT

 Release to Public
19. SECURITY CLASS (This Report!
Unclassified
21. NO. Of PAGES

   104
20. SECURITY CLASS (Thispage)
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                         22. PRICE
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