Author : James T. Bartis,G. Torrance Flint
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833041449
Constraints on JP-900 Jet Fuel Production Concepts by James T. Bartis,G. Torrance Flint Pdf
Researchers at the Energy Institute of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) are conducting research on producing jet fuel by coprocessing coal or coal-derived products with low-value liquid intermediates produced during petroleum refining. To date, most of this research effort has focused on a coal-tar blending process. Penn State currently plans to build a one-barrel per- day pilot plant and produce 100 barrels of product to be delivered to and tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory. Recognizing the limited availability of the coal-tar derived liquids used in the coal-tar blending process, the Penn State research team has recently shifted its attention to a co-coking process, in which a mixture of solid coal and a refinery intermediate, decant oil, is used to produce a combination of liquid fuels and coke.