Abstract
The Brown Coal Liquefaction Process (BCL Process) has been developed by Nippon Brown Coal Liquefaction Co., Ltd.(NBCL), and a 50-ton-per-day Pilot Plant was con-structed and has been operated by Brown Coal Liquefaction (Victoria) Pty., Ltd.(BCLV) at Morwell, Victoria, Australia.
This project has been sponsored by the New Energy Development Organization (NEDO) and has been promoted as a National Project with funding by the Japanese Government.
The BCL Process is a two-stage form of liquefaction technology developed to convert brown coal into crude naphtha and middle distillate and consists of the four sections: 1. New slurry-dewatering section, 2. Primary hydrogenation section, 3. Solvent deashing section, and 4. Secondary hydrogenation section.
