We prefer sub-bituminous coal.
MSCP coal conversion technology delivers products from multiples of an interoperating ‘facility matrix’ that configured as follows:
- Two sub-bituminous coal processing facilities that use catalysts to separate water and minerals from coal hydrocarbon organics. These provide clarified coal organics to:
- Four S2J™ factory modules that utilize ms catalysts to transform de-mineralized coal hydrocarbon organics with hydrogen gas into diesel and jet fuels.
- One flexible refining center that [a] receives and tunes fertilizer to meet different customer soils, [b] receives and tunes diesel to meet summer / winter mix differences [c] then temporarily stores liquid fuels & fertilizer to synchronize outbound transport
- The S2J™ hydrocracking reaction is self-sustaining at less than 300˚ C. It requires no heat / energy input, whereas forming the Syngas for Fischer-Tropsch incurs a high cost-penalty endotherm, at super refractory hard-to-manage temperatures, often exceeding 1,300˚ C.
- At this time, we’ve decided to by-pass the H2H hydrogen generation sub-system because we can utilize the water in the coal to extract sufficient hydrogen for the hydro-cracking process.
- Our S2J™ processes require less than 20 atmospheres vs. Fischer-Tropsch’s (F-T) 80 atmospheres for Syngas production.
- For F-T to produce 7 tons of final product, it requires 20 to 25 MWh of energy. Using O2 separations from air easily adds another 5 to 15 MWh of additional energy overhead to this.
- F-T generates paraffin wax that requires additional processing steps — compared to our diesel fuel — penalizing F-T with double to triple the operating costs of H2H™/S2J™ diesel production.
- MSCP processes employ poison-proof fluid catalysts with unlimited life-times, unlike F-T’s solid catalysts which are consumed in operation and leave a significant, recurring operating expense.
- MSCP diesel is virtually sulfur-free (5-10ppm), metals-free, with ~40% less NOx pollutants than convention diesel.
