On-line sampling and analysis at the University of Minnesota-Duluth coal gasifier [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: Pages: 10 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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The Life Sciences Synthetic Fuels Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was commissioned by the US Department of Energy to implement an extensive environmental monitoring and sampling program at the new University Minnesota-Duluth coal gasifier, part of the DOE gasifiers in Industry program. One aspect of the monitoring program involved setting up an on-line sampling and analysis system in the gasifier plant in order to provide supporting data to the more extensive laboratory analyses of process samples. To date, a minicomputer system has been installed and programmed to continuously collect analog temperature, flow, and pressure data from plant instruments. A process gas chromatograph system, an SO/sub 2//NO/sub x/ analyzer, and continuous CO monitors are also being used to collect process and work environment samples, and to record results on the computer. The computer software has been designed to ensure automatic data logging with a minimum of operator supervision, as well as providing data summary, data storage, and plotting routines. The collected data are used not only to support the overall ORNL monitoring program, but also to supply important process information to the gasifier plant operators.

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E 1.99:conf-800602--7
conf-800602--7

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1980.
"conf-800602--7"
Symposium on instrumentation and control for fossil energy processes, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, 9 Jun 1980.
Million, D. L.; Klein, J. A.

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W-7405-ENG-26

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