Published 1992 | Version v1
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Evaluation of Venezuela's Orinoco bitumen as an MHD fuel

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Tennessee Space Inst. (United States)
  • 2. Intevep, S.A. (Venezuela)

Description

The Orinoco Belt in Venezuela contains huge deposits of a bitumen that is complex to handle and refine into lighter hydrocarbon fractions. These deposits are in the early commercialization stage, being marketed as an emulsion with 30% water as a boiler fuel. The fuel is similar to oil in heating value (about 18,100 BTU/lbm) and ash (less than 0.4%). It has an extremely high carbon to hydrogen ratio, a parameter that is important in MHD for electrical conductivity. In this paper, the authors evaluate the potential for this bitumen as a fuel for an MHD Steam Combined Cycle Power Plant. An experimental program to demonstrate the merit of the bitumen as an MHD fuel and validate the calculations is suggested

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Society of Automotive Engineers.
Imprint Place
Warrendale, PA (United States)
ISBN
1-56091-264-2
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 27th intersociety energy conversion engineering conference
Imprint Pagination
575 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 3.323-3.328.

Conference

Title
27. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference.
Dates
3-7 Aug 1992.
Place
San Diego, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24031835
Subject category
S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BITUMENS; COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMULSIONS; FUEL OILS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; STEAM; VENEZUELA; WATER
Descriptors DEC
COLLOIDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUID MECHANICS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS OILS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LATIN AMERICA; LIQUID FUELS; MECHANICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; PETROLEUM FRACTIONS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWER PLANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; TAR; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-920801--.