the qer technology demonstration plant - costar

The QER Technology

Demonstration Plant

Ian Henderson

Program Manager

QER

19 October 2011

Outline: 1. Purpose of the TD Plant

2. Process Units and Technologies

3. Progress to date

Process Development Objectives

Technology demonstrator

Pilot selected technologies on

fully-integrated process

Validate commercial design basis

Generate accurate data

- e.g. support CFD-DEM studies

Produce fuels for testing

New Fuels Development Centre

QER’s Technology Demonstration Plant

Product Loadout

Oil Storage

Plant Utilities

Oil Upgrading

Paraho IITM Retort

Shale Dryer

Screening/sizing

Fines Briquetting

Crushing

Plant

Pilot Plant - End to end processing

Shale feedrate c.3.5 tonnes per hour

Produce c.40 barrels per day of ULSD, aviation turbine fuel and

other products

Shale Mining and Feed Preparation

• Mine adjacent to plant

• Mining, crushing/screening campaigns for target PSD

• First shale grade 120 LT0M

Drying, Fines Briquetting

The Retort

First new Paraho retort in 40 years

High availability

High oil yields

Energy & thermally efficient

Safe operation

Environmentally sound

Paraho IITM technology selection

Two years of testing

10,000 tonnes of QLD oil shale

Process training

Cold Flow Testing

Cold Flow Testing result for feedrate = x

Products

OIL

FUEL GAS

SOUR WATER

Oil Upgrader

Skid fabrication modules

Mode 1 and 2 upgrading to fuels

Plant product slate

• Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD)

— Diesel engine testing in USA

— Large, local transport fleet for real world testing

• Kerosene (Jet Fuel)

— University of Sheffield engine testing facility

— Test on Rolls Royce gas turbine

• Low Sulphur Fuel Oil

— Fuel, power generation, metallurgical operations

(composite mix or syncrude from TD Plant)

Fuel Gas Treatment STL raw fuel gas:

• traces oxygen

• CO2, CO

• sulphur species – reduced and

SO2, COS....

• ammonia

• mercaptans

• olefins

• light ends

Retort Water Processing

Steam stripping or alternative processes?

Commissioning

Briquetting

Dryer, baghouse, RTO

Retort

Adjustments:

- Analyser gas sample

conditioning

- Spent shale moistening

scrubber lines

TDP Dryer

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Ian Henderson

PHONE +61 7 3222 0600 EMAIL ihenderson@qer.com.au

For more information

LEVEL 8, 200 MARY STREET

GPO BOX 5214

BRISBANE QLD 4001

AUSTRALIA

www.qer.com.au

QER PTY LTD /// 19 October 2011