Gasifipedia
Applications of Gasification – Coal-to-Liquids
Coal-to-Liquids Project Examples Operating Facilities
- Sasol
Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) has long been a commercial reality in South Africa. Sasol II & III in Secunda, South Africa, contain 80 Lurgi gasifiers between the two plants and produce 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) of gasoline through a proprietary Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process from synthesis gas (syngas). Sasol II has been in operation since 1974, with Sasol III commencing operation a couple years later.
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DKRW Medicine Bow, WY
This flagship project for DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC will be located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The facility will produce 18,000 to 20,000 bpd of regular gasoline from coal, and is expected to begin operations in 2013. In addition to gasoline and possibly other liquid hydrocarbons, the plant also plans to capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) for sale and use in enhanced oil recovery.
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Transgas Development Systems, Roanoke, WV
Transgas Development Systems (TGDS) have plans to build a $3 billion facility in Mingo County, WV. The facility will use 3 milion of various grades of coal to create over 6.5 million barrels of gasoline. TGDS has signed a licensing agreement with Uhde Corporation of America to use the proprietary PRENFLO™ technology. Operations are expected to begin in 2016.
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