Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the
Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process - Project Brief [PDF-282KB]
Air Products Liquid Phase Conversion Company, L.P., Kingsport, TN

PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS

• Final Reports
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Final Report [PDF-3.5MB] (June 2003)
• Annual/Quarterly Technical Reports
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Technical Progress Reports
    • No. 34, October - December 2002 [PDF-448KB]
    • No. 33, July - September 2002 [PDF-116KB]
    • No. 32, April - June 2002 [PDF-148KB]
    • No. 31, January - March 2002 [PDF-156KB]
    • No. 30, October - December 2001 [PDF-141KB]
    • No. 29, July - September 2001 [PDF-129KB]
    • No. 28, April - June 2001 [PDF-154KB]
    • No. 27, January - March 2001 [PDF-116KB]
    • No. 26, October - December 2000 [PDF-113KB]
    • No. 25, July - September 2000 [PDF-133KB]
    • No. 24, April - June 2000 [PDF-134KB]
    • No. 23, January - March 2000 [PDF-147KB]
    • No. 22, October - December 1999 [PDF-171KB]
    • No. 21, July - September 1999 [PDF-153KB]
    • No. 20, April - June 1999 [PDF-102KB]
    • No. 19, January - March 1999 [PDF-164KB]
    • No. 18, October - December 1998 [PDF-145 KB)
    • No. 17, July - September 1998 [PDF-145KB]
    • No. 16, April - June 1998 [PDF-148KB]
    • No. 15, January - March 1998 [PDF-149KB]
    • No. 14, October - December 1997 [PDF-161KB]
    • No. 13, July - September 1997 [PDF-129KB]
    • No. 12, April - June 1997 [PDF-146KB]
    • No. 11, January - March 1997 [PDF-90KB]
    • No. 10, October - December 1996 [PDF-76KB]
    • No. 9, July - September 1996 [PDF-6.2MB]
    • No. 8, April - June 1996 [PDF-7.1MB]
    • No. 7, January - March 1996 [PDF-58KB]
    • No. 6, October - December 1995 [PDF-5.7MB]
    • No. 5, July - September 1995 [PDF-3.7MB]
    • No. 4, April - June 1995 [PDF-2.6MB]
    • No. 3, October 1994 - March 1995 [PDF-3MB]
    • No. 2, July - September 1994 [PDF-2.2MB]
    • No. 1, October 1993 - June 1994 [PDF-1.9MB]
• CCT Reports: Project Performance Summaries, Post-Project Assessments, & Topical Reports
  • Project Performance Summary for the Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol Process [PDF-2.1MB] (June 2004)
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process: A DOE Assessment [PDF-382KB] (Oct 2003)
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Topical Report No.11 [PDF-913KB] (Apr 1999)
• Design Reports
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Public Design Report [PDF-591KB] (Jan 2000)
• Interim Reports
  • Project Data on Eastman Chemical Company's Chemicals-From-Coal Complex in Kingsport, TN [PDF-879KB] (Mar 2003)
  • Removal of Trace Contaminants from Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas, Topical Report [PDF-3.6MB] (Mar 2003)
  • Market Outlook for Dimethyl Ether (DME), Topical Report [PDF-92KB] (Apr 2002)
  • Off-Site Testing of Stabilized Methanol from the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Executive Summary [PDF-192KB] (Feb 2002)
    • Off-Site Testing of Stabilized Methanol from the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Volume I - Transportation Systems, Table of Contents [PDF-20KB] (Feb 2002)
      • Fleet Trials for Fuel Grade Methanol Under USDOE Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC22-92PC90543 [PDF-1.8MB] (Aug 1999)
      • Final Report: Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Demonstration Project - Light-Duty Flexible-Fueled Vehicle Demonstration [PDF-38KB] (Apr 1999)
      • Exhaust Emissions Testing Performed for Air Products Corporation on Transit Buses Fueled by Air Products Brand Methanol Fuel [PDF-1.5MB] (Aug 1998)
    • Off-Site Testing of Stabilized Methanol from the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Volume II - Power Generation Systems, Table of Contents [PDF-18KB] (Feb 2002)
      • Methanol From Coal End Use Demonstration Project, Emissions and Operational Aspects of Methanol as an Alternative Fuel in a Stationary Gas Turbine [PDF-2.4 MB] (Aug 2000)
      • Evaluation of a Water Emulsion Fuel in Air Force Aircraft Ground Support Equipment Diesel Generator Sets [PDF-164KB] (Jan 2000)
      • Evaluation of Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) in a Low-NOx Stationary Gas Turbine Combustor [PDF-131KB] (Feb 2001)
      • An Investigation Into the Acceptability of Stabilized Methanol as a Fuel for Phosphoric-Acid Fuel Cell power Systems [PDF-495KB] (Feb 2001)
  • Liquid Phase Dimethyl Ether Demonstration in the LaPorte Alternative Fuels Development Unit, Topical Report [PDF-580KB] (Jan 2001)
  • Alternative Fuels Field Test Unit Support to Kingsport LPMEOH™ Demonstration Unit Topical Report [PDF-406KB] (Nov 1998)
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process, Demonstration Technology Startup Report [PDF-89KB] (Sept 1998)
  • Design and Fabrication of the First Commercial-Scale Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Reactor, Topical Report [PDF-1.1MB] (Oct 1998)
  • LPMEOH™ Process as an Add-On to Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) for Coproduction - Economic Analysis [PDF-226KB] (Oct 1998)
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process - Peroxide Formation of Dimethyl Ether in Methanol Mixtures, Topical Report [PDF-435KB] (Nov 1997)
  • Spill Response, Cleanup and Environmental Issues Associated with a Methanol Spill in Alaska [PDF-4.4MB] (Mar1991)
• Environmental Reports
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process - Environmental Monitoring
    • Report Number 11. October - December 1999 [PDF-2MB]
    • Report Number 10. July - September 1999 [PDF-2MB]
    • Report Number 9. April - June 1999 [PDF-2MB)
    • Report Number 8. January - March 1999 [PDF-1.9MB]
    • Report Number 7. October - December 1998 [PDF-2MB]
    • Report Number 6. June - September 1998 [PDF-2MB]
    • Report Number 5. April - June 1998 [PDF-3.7MB]
    • Report Number 4. January - March 1998 [PDF-1.8MB]
    • Report Number 3. October - December 1997 [PDF-2.1MB]
    • Report Number 2. July - September 1997 [PDF-1.8MB]
    • Report Number 1. April - June 1997 [PDF-3.8MB]
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process - Final Environmental Monitoring Plan [PDF-6.1MB] (Aug 1996)
  • Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process - Environmental Information Volume [PDF-24.0MB] (May 1996)
  • Final Environmental Assessment for the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Project - [PDF-1.7MB] (June 1995)
• Related Reports
  • Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Modifications, Operation and Support Studies; Task 3.2: CO2 Effects on Methanol Productivity in the LPMEOH Process [PDF - 840 KB] (Oct 1990)
  • Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Research and Engineering Support Studies. Adsorbent Evaluation for Removal of Catalyst Poisons from Synthesis Gas [PDF-1.6MB] (Sept 1990)
  • Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Research and Engineering Support Studies. Catalyst Poisons Field Demonstration [PDF-1.6MB] (Nov 1990)
  • Design and Construction of the Alternative Fuels Field Test Unit and Liquid Phase Methanol Feedstock and Catalyst Life Testing at Eastman Chemical Company [PDF-1.2MB] (Mar 1997)
• Comprehensive Report to Congress
  • Comprehensive Report to Congress on the Clean Coal Technology Program: Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process [PDF-1.8MB] (Aug 1992)

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• E.C. Heydorn, V.E. Stein, P.J.A. Tijm (Air Products and Chemicals Inc.), et al., "Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process: Initial Operating Experience," Sixth Clean Coal Technology Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 1998.
• E.S. Schaub, V.E. Stein, E.C. Heydorn, and E.R. Osterstock (Air Projects and Chemicals, Inc.), "An Update on Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Technology and the Kingsport Demonstration Project," Fourth Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference: The Global Opportunity, Denver, Colorado, September 1995.
• W.R. Brown and R.B. Moore (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.), "Flexible Electric Power Generation: The Integrated Gasification/Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Demonstration Project," Third Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 1994.
• W.R. Brown and R.B. Moore, "Flexible Electric Power Generation--The lntegrated Gasification/Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Demonstration Project," Third Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 6-8, 1994.
• F.S. Frenduto, E.R. Osterstock, and G.D. Snyder (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.), "Cost-Effective Dispatchable Power from a Gasification Combined-Cycle System: Liquid-Phase Methanol Energy Storage," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference and Exhibition for the Power Generating Industries (Book IV, Volume X), Dallas, Texas, November 1993.
• W.R. Brown and F.S. Fenduto (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.), "Fuel and Power Coproduction-The Integrated Gasification/Liquid-Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Demonstration Project," First Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, September 1992.
• R.M. Kornosky, "Liquid-Phase Methanol-Fuel for the Future," PETC Review, Issue 6, pp. 3-35 (Summer 1992).
• D.W. Studer and D.M. Brown (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.), "Current Development and Future Commercial Demonstration of the LPMEOH™ Process," Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Coal and Slurry Technologies, Clearwater, Florida, April 1991.