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Thermoacoustic Liquefaction of Coal Mine Methane to Produce Lng for Heavy Vehicle Applicaitons (open access)

Thermoacoustic Liquefaction of Coal Mine Methane to Produce Lng for Heavy Vehicle Applicaitons

This report describes the activity undertaken by the project members under MORGANTOWN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER (METC) contract No. DE-AC21-95MC32185 to develop a project that will provide a commercial use for Coal Mine Methane (CMM). In particular, the report describes a project to convert CMM into Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and to market that LNG to the transportation sector in and around the I-79 corridor near Morgantown, West Virginia. The report discusses the sources of CMM and provides estimates of the extent of the resource specifically dedicated to the project. It discusses the novel refrigeration technology that will be employed to convert the CMM to LNG and the gas conditioning technology that will be used to bring the raw CMM up to cryogenic processing specifications. Summary capital and operating cost estimates are furnished for the project and specific monetary and schedule requirements are identified so the project can be examined in its entirety. The report discusses the immediate market potential for the successful commercial sale of LNG into the nearby market and provides estimates of future market penetration into local, regional and wider markets. Lastly, the report comments on the environmental effects of the project and extrapolates these benefits to future …
Date: October 29, 1999
Creator: Aminian, Kashi; English, Lloyd; Patchen, Douglas; Siriwardane, Hema; Estes, Charles D. & Zahradnik, Raymond L.
System: The UNT Digital Library