Definition
Liquid fuel is produced from coal through a chemical process plant that converts conventional pulverized coal to carbonaceous liquid fuels and byproduct hydrogen-based gases. Coal-to-liquid (CTL) plants first convert the coal to coal-gas (or synthetic gas [syngas]) via conventional coal gasification, and then convert the coal-gas to liquids via the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process.
Scope
- The Team will address the current technologies to produce CTL and the likely technology progression.
- Carbon capture and sequestration will be addressed in evaluating the production costs and environmental impacts.
- The Team will coordinate its work with the efforts and products of the Strategic Unconventional Fuels Project required by EPAct 2005.
Issues to be addressed
- What are the opportunities and challenges to development?
- What are possible synergies with other energy production such as co-firing coal with biomass and co-locating CTL and IGCC plants?
Coal-To-Liquids Team
Paul Bollinger (DOD/Air Force)
Graham Parker (Pacific Northwest National Lab)
Greg Schaefer (Arch Coal)
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Dick Shepard/Dave Perkins (Rentech)
Robert Williams (Princeton Env. Inst.)
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Meeting Summaries
May 10, 2007
Reports
Final Working Group Report (January 10, 2008)
Public Comments on Draft report
Other Documents
Fischer Tropsch Process -DOE
