The Conversion of Coal to Gas and Liquid Fuels

Autor: M. E. Kroboth, H. G. Pfeiffer
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems. :442-446
ISSN: 0018-9510
DOI: 10.1109/tpas.1981.316818
Popis: The present status of coal conversion to oil and gas is discussed. Conservation and fuel substitution may well keep our oil demand constant; but, in view of declining domestic reserves, it will take heroic efforts just to keep our domestic production at present levels. The alternatives are oil sands, shale oil and coal conversion -- all technologies which require large investments and which have environmental problems
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