TITLE: Methanol Synthesis at Low Temperature.

AUTHOR: W. Slegeir;   R. Sapienza;   T. O'Hare;   D. Mahajan;   M. Foran.

INST.  AUTHOR: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  May 84,  17p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE85013015/INW

NOTES: Electric Power Research Institute annual contractor's conference, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 8 May 1985.

ABSTRACT:

Methanol is perhaps the most versatile and clean-burning fuel derived from coal. Because of its clean-burning properties, and ease of storage and transportation, it is ideally suited for peak-shaving turbine generation systems. Conventional zinc and copper-based catalysts require high temperatures and pressures, yet afford poor per-pass conversions.  Because of thermodynamic limitations on per-pass conversion, it would be highly desirable to carry out methanol synthesis below 150 exp 0 C. A new catalyst system for the synthesis of methanol is described which is effective in the temperature range 80 to 120 exp 0 and below 1000 psi.  Under these conditions, high selectivity and activity for methanol synthesis is observed. The theoretical approach and some scoping runs are described. Some of the attributes and novel features of these catalyst systems are presented. 12 refs., 3 figs., 7 tabs. (ERA citation 10:033417)

REPORT  NUMBER: BNL-36282;   CONF-8505161-1

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC02-76CH00016