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Syngas Project by METRO, Inc. Case Code 595

 

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Description Base Selected Low High

 

Name

 

General                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Factor                          

1.20

1.20

1.00

1.30

none          

DF            

Annual Operating Hours                 

7200.00

7200.00

6000.00

8000.00

hr            

AOH           

.                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Methanization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantity of Methane for Sale

3,000

35,000

 

100,000

mtpy          

QCH4_sale      

Min Furnace Temp C                     

800.00

800.00

500.00

1200.00

T C           

Furnace_temp  

%Fines Generated                       

1.00

1.00

1.00

10.00

%             

Fines_H2      

%Excess Stream Above Thermo            

20.00

20.00

10.00

100.00

%             

Psteam_excess 

H2 Temp for Internal Use               

65.00

65.00

45.00

95.00

T C           

H2_temp       

.                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tar Sands Gasification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantity of Tar Sands                       

30,000

300,000

10,000

1,000,000

mtpy          

Qtar         

Bulk Density Tar Sands                      

405

3000

300

5000

kg/m^3        

density_tar

Moisture in Tar Sands

6

 

 

20

wt.%          

H2O_tar      

Hydrogenation Temp                     

600

600

500

1200

T C           

PFR_temp      

WT.% H2 in Methane                     

5

2

1

10

wt.%          

H2_exit       

Cycle Time for Hydrogenation           

1

0.1

0.1

4

hrs           

cycle_time    

Volume of Hydrogenation Furnaces       

40

50

1

100

m^3           

furnace_vol   

                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superheater & Boiler                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superheated Steam Temp                 

1000

800

500

1200

T C           

Tsuper        

Superheater Efficiency                 

85

95

70

95

%             

Super_effic   

Boiler Efficiency                      

85

95

70

95

%             

Boiler_effic  

Boiler Steam Temp                      

170

170

130

250

T C           

Tboil         

WHB Steam Temp                         

350

350

200

500

T C           

Twhb          

Scrubber                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%Total Dissolved Solids in Discharge   

10

10

5

30

%             

TDS           

Ratio Mass Water to Gas internal       

1

1

0.1

10

ratio         

RWtG          

.                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction Furnace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Operating Temp                 

900

900

600

1200

T C           

DRIF_temp     

Syngas Generation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Temp                         

800

800

500

1200

T C           

Reactor_temp   

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Robert R. Odle, Ph.D.   robert@metallurgicalviability.com, 443-616-4339

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