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BI-GAS Pilot Plant was a coal gasification pilot project in Homer City, Pennsylvania conducted by the Office of Coal Research of the United States Department of the Interior

Development of the facility required special design techniques.


 * Federal Surface Coal Gasification Program
 * 24-inch inside diameter, two-stage, upflow 1,500 psi gasifier.
 * Novel process concepts
 * It was capable of processing 120 tons of coal per day
 * goal is to investigate potentially high-payoff technologies not covered by private sextor investments
 * Federal and American Gas Association and Gas Research Institute
 * Project began in 1963, by Bituminous Coal Research, Inc. under contract with the Office of Coal Research, and later the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
 * TEsting ceased in mid-1982, and mothballing the facility was scheduled, but was reactivated.