Googling Western Research Institute

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The Western Research Institute (www.westernresearch.org/), an arm of the University of Wyoming, has done some interesting research on topics of interest to desulfurization experts.  Their Web has a search box.  But, as is typical for such organizations, it is not particularly useful in finding documents produced by the organization.

Today’s tip … Use Google® to search for an organization’s technical publications.

For example, when I Google® the following search string …

“western research institute” sulfur

… one of the results is the document listed below …

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A Coal Upgrading Technology for Sub-bituminous and Lignite Coals
V. K. Sethi
Western Research Institute
365 N. 9th Street, Laramie, WY 82072
D. D. Dunlop
Fuels Management Inc.
7027 S. W. 148th Terrace, Miami, FL 33158
ABSTRACT
Fuels Management Inc. (FMI) of Miami, Florida has developed at Western Research Institute (WRI) a low cost, low temperature process to upgrade low-rank coal by reducing moisture, sulfur, ash, and mercury. The coal upgrading process involves heating the coal in a bubbling fluidized bed-based reactor. The process heat required is derived from the coal itself. Upgrading process being a fluidized bed-based technology allows high throughputs, reducing the processing costs. Processing is carried out under controlled oxidizing conditions at mild enough conditions that compared to other coal upgrading technologies; the produced water is not as difficult to treat.
Over the past five years, WRI and FMI have constructed a nominal 400-lbs/hour pilot plant at the WRI facilities in Laramie, WY and performed a series of parametric tests to optimize the technology. Results show that the process can indeed produce a stable, high heating value product with reduced mercury content. Bulk density of the product has been determined from small samples and is typically about 88 % that of the raw coal. This paper describes the details of the technology development efforts.
Free Full Text Source: http://www.westernresearch.org/uploadedFiles/Energy_and_Environmental_Technology/Coal/Upgrading_(Including_Headwaters)/CoalUpgradingFMI.pdf
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