What is the pilot-plant test?
The pilot-plant test involves constructing and testing an entire CLP system – designed and constructed similar to that of a commercial CLP except that for budgetary reasons the pilot plant pipeline is smaller and much shorter than any real future commercial CLP. The pilot-plant pipeline will use a 6″ steel pipe 3,000 ft long. It will be made into a closed loop through which coal logs can be recirculated and tested over any distance. The testing of such a pilot plant is the last necessary step before commercial demonstration of CLP can be undertaken.
