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ROEPrOLLY: CZNC?%AL Or T-L UNI[f D STATS
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JUL 8 1975
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Dear Senator ;:el ] , on
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In a fttf r dii, eed April 25, 1975, vcu askeo..._ tapt we iraKn
a Ii.ited r -vIC, w uI the, ftctcr. ]eau ino to t!I,decIsion to
locate-a coal iiqu litica,.ion plant in Catiettsourq, hertucK.
Your ofice .was briefed on the res-lts of our incmtirIcs into
this aro! , arto as you reoucstc? a, a summa.arv of our f i' i, nos
f o I 1 os.
BacKQroUno
'I Of(ice of Coal kiesearcn was establishec in l-o6l in
the Departient of rte Interior to cevelop tcchn-cqi, fur new
noa r, re c fi c t re t rrotnccn r. i , n -, ic, , r-cr'a ri , --nc: ,t ii-
zin6 cO, . r,.r te r, L. y t 1 Cul qa1,iz tio Act CIL 1- 4 .
!orrt a to tu,:- r n-rvy Feser ch C 1nu Lbv h nt A' e. A r t,.n
eI.r'ct f v e 3ar,t;.)ry , 1V- . l, r, i i'y o thr C, I rc' c.
O. f o;I.'- tr ,rr ,,red to icnvr'rr t - n frCt- rC iF t: . ' VI -
O f tr,-rw 1 ( c r ' rrF IC,nP. and i I iz i rf, ur . r t r A. 7-i7tr rt
A r,i I-tr -r cr ioer F C.s, n r I,'.
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3ince its e staoltshnent, the Divisor'- research Ottort
have boen directed priwar ily toward ccnvertino ccal to lore
environme7nt',]ly acceptable eneroy forms, snecifica] ly to
s* nt Jt i _ l 1wever. in recent vear f-mr n J-. n.. h,-n
q i en to research aimed at cor .'rt i r coa to sy'n the tic ci,
and electricity. A more co.aj:rehensive discussion ot Fe(eral
cczI rr .rerc . ,'. t i t ic i c! i %E i nc i.C- re er ! t, t,,
.-ic.r, ar s F brar, 18, 1 -75, e t l jeCi er a lnr 1 r ,,-.1 .- L-
Status andAProblcms to be Lesolvcd (FFX,-/5-322).
i-o1project,
d ydrocarbon 1esearch Incorporcted developo a orocess
(H-Coel process) for convertinQ coal to heavy fuel -il. 'mnIs
nrocess was based oni a tcChniCuu2 Lt ; cu pre violyUs IV,]rV(,,
to uocraae heavy oil. The H--Coal proect is a three-i hosfo
project tcr desionina, constructinq, anc operating a 6U0-ton
per uay pilot olant for testinq the commercial potential cI
the H-Ccal pr~oss. It is the largest ot five- Ene-ry fL-
search ef- erst to develor icvanced prccesses for convertircm
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