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R -- R)PROPOSED SOLE)SOURCE PROCUREMENT: RESEARCH GUIDANCE STUDIES SOL DE)AC22)95PC95054 DUE 031495 POC John R. Owen, Contract Specialist, (412) 892)4879, Debra E. Ball, Contracting Officer, (412) 892)4651 This is a proposed sole source one (1) year support services contract with four (4) one (1) year options to MITRE Corp. to evaluate the technical and economic merits of current direct and indirect coal liquefaction technologies and other similar emerging technologies such as coal)waste coprocessing and biogasification technologies, monitor progress in these technologies, identify long)range R&D areas that have the greatest potential for process improvements, and preliminarily investigate best configurations and associated costs for refining coal)derived and other non*conventional liquids indeveloped specialized and unique databases and spreadsheet models which are used to preliminarily evaluate new and emerging fossil energy technilogies. The contractor will screen process alternatives and provide preliminary data and information required to set the basis for doing more detailed process studies using commercial process development techniques and software such as linear programming and Aspen Plus. Such preliminary screening saves significant time and money in accomplishing the subsequent,T continuously results obtained from the detailed process studies to maintain the validity of spreadsheet models. Three major tasks are included as follows: (1) Technical and economic analysis of direct and indirect coal liquefaction technologies (2) Perform analysis and case studies of waste/coal co)processing to be located at existing coke plants and petroleum refineries. (3) Analysis of solvent extraction and mild liquefaction processes being developed to determine the viability of the processes.**** (0058)

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