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EROI negative for Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) at Shenuha Direct Coal Liquefaction...
Kong, Z. et al. 23 January 2015. EROI Analysis for Direct Coal Liquefaction without and with CCS: The Case of the Shenhua DCL Project in China. Energies 8(2): 786-807. Shenhua Direct Coal Liquefaction...
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Coal or Biomass & Coal to Liquids: CTL, DCL, & CBTL technology
Gray, D., et al. August 1, 2012. Topic Paper #8 Production of Alternative Liquid Hydrocarbon Transportation Fuels from Natural Gas, Coal, and Coal and Biomass (XTL). National Petroleum Council CTL...
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Hydrocarbon liquids, drop-in fuels, oil refining, oil distribution, GTL, CTL
Notes from 41 page: National Petroleum Council. 2012. Chapter 11: Hydrocarbon Liquids. Figure 11-1. Energy Density Hydrocarbon liquids have properties that make them high-quality...
View ArticleCoal-to-liquids (CTL) can not compensate for declining oil & natural gas...
Notes from 23 page: Höök, M. & Aleklett, K. 2010. A review on coal-to-liquid fuels & its coal consumption. International journal of energy research Vol. 34 10:848-864 Annual decline in existing...
View ArticleGas-to-Liquids (GTL) & Coal-to-liquids (CTL) can not compensate for declining...
Notes from 34 page: Höök, M., et al. 2014. Hydrocarbon liquefaction: viability as a peak oil mitigation strategy. Philosophical Transactions. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering science,...
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Patzek: CTL coal-to-liquids from FT Synthesis is NOT likely to happen
This is a liquid fuel crisis – diesel to be exact – to keep tractors, trucks, trains, and ships moving. There’s not enough coal or water to make even a small percent of the FT-CTL diesel fuel we need...
View ArticleAmerica’s energy future. U.S. House hearing 2011
[ It’s always good to look back in time to when our representatives were worried about our dependency on oil. Apparently they were desperate, since the proposed H.R. 909 bill included Coal-To-Liquids...
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