Guiding Opinions on Standardizing Demonstration Projects for Coal-Based Fuels

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http://www.chinacoalchem.com/news.asp?id=60260 Second round of consultations on guidelines for standardizing coal-based fuel demonstration projects. On July 7, 2015, the **Energy Administration sought public feedback on the \"Guidelines for Standardizing Coal-Based Fuel Demonstration Projects\" (second draft). The draft proposal states that coal-to-oil, coal-to-natural gas, and coal comprehensive utilization projects that produce multiple fuels are all part of the coal-based fuel industry. Adhere to the principle of acting in accordance with water availability, and carry out the construction of demonstration projects within the limits set by water resource permits ； Adhere to the strictest environmental protection standards; demonstration projects shall implement the strictest existing environmental protection standards in the energy and chemical sectors, or even higher environmental requirements. It was also proposed that new demonstration projects should meet the following technical criteria: 1. For coal-to-oil demonstration projects (Fischer-Tropsch route), the energy efficiency should be ≥42%, with coal consumption per ton of oil produced being ≤3.7 tons of standard coal, and fresh water usage being ≤7 tons. 2. The coal-to-gas demonstration project (fixed-bed gasification route) has an energy efficiency of ≥56%; the coal consumption required to produce 1,000 standard cubic meters of natural gas is ≤2.3 tons of standard coal, and the fresh water usage is ≤5.5 tons. 3. The coal-to-gas demonstration project (fluidized bed gasification route) has an energy efficiency of ≥51%; the coal consumption required to produce 1,000 standard cubic meters of natural gas is ≤2.3 tons of standard coal, and the fresh water usage is ≤5 tons. 4. Demonstration projects for coal-to-gas production using a combined gasification approach shall meet the combined indicators, which are calculated as a weighted average of various individual indicators based on the proportion of products produced by different gasification routes. 5. The cogeneration project shall meet the composite indicators, which are derived by weighting and averaging various individual indicators based on the proportion of oil and gas products converted to feed gas.