Development Studies on Selected Conversion of Synthesis Gas from Coal to High Octane Gasoline. Final Report

Development Studies on Selected Conversion of Synthesis Gas from Coal to High Octane Gasoline.
Final Report - 1978

Brennan, J. A.
Bell, W. K.
Holland, R. E.
Kuo, J. C. W.
Liederman, D.
Lucki, S. J.
Spannuth, H. A.
Wu, C. T.

	List of Tables					v
	List of Figures					x
Section 1 675kb	Abstract					1
	I		Objective and Scope of Work			2
	II		Summary			4
	III		Introduction			6
	IV		Detailed Description of Technical Progress			8
			A	Experimental Equipment and Procedures		8
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	8
				2	Task 2 - Process Development	14
				3	Analytical	19
				4	Data Handling	20
				5	Task 4 - Studies in Support of Process Development	21
				6	Materials	22
Section 2 424kb			B	Coal to Gasoline - Mobil Direct Conversion Process		26
			C	Comparison of Mobil Dirct Conversion and fischer-Tropsch Processes		28
				1	Comparison of Products	28
				2	Process and Economic Comparison	30
			D	Fixed Bed Studies with Developmental Catalyst SG-A-1		37
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	37
Section 3 377kb				2	Task 2 - Process Development	47
				3	Task 4 - Theoretical Studies in Support of Process Development	56
Section 4 697kb			E	Fixed Bed Studies with Developmental Catalyst SG-B-2		64
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	64
				2	Task 2 - Process Development	64
			F	Task 4 - Theoretical Studies in Support of Process Research with Fixed Bed Catalysts		80
				1	Heat and Mass Transfer Between Catalyst and Gas Stream	80
				2	Heat Loss from Fixed Bed Bench-Scale Unit	87
Section 5 605kb				3	Water-Gas Shift Reaction	90
			G	Fixed Bed Studies with Developmental SG-C Catalysts		99
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	99
			H	Fixed Bed Studies with Methanol/Dimethylether Synthesis Catalysts		111
Section 6 940kb			I	Fluid atalysts - Plexiglass Model Flow Studies		117
				1	Catalyst SGF-B-1	119
				2	Catalyst SGF-A-2	121
				3	Catalyst SGF-A-3	124
				4	Catalyst SGF-A-4	126
			J	Studies with Developmental Fluid Catalyst SGF-B-1		128
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	128
Section 7 737kb				2	Task 2 - Process Development	153
				3	Task 4 - Theoretical Studies in Support of Process Development - Fluid Bed	170
Section 8 702kb			K	Studies with Developmental Fluid Catalyst SGF-A-3		183
				1	Task 1 - Exploratory Process Research	183
				2	Task 2 - Process Development	195
				3	Task 4 - Theoretical Studies in Support of Process Research	204
	V.		References 85kb			204
		Appendices
		Appendix A- Typical Material Balance for the Bench-Scale Unit 233kb
		Appendix B- Detailed Data Obtained with Developmental Catalysts SG-A-1 313kb
		Appendix C- Detailed Data Obtained with Developmental Catalyst SG-B-2 272kb
		Appendix D- Detailed Data Obtained With Developmental Catalysts SG-B-3 and SGF-B-1 1588kb
		Appendix E- Detailed Data Obtained with Developmental Catalysts SG-A-4 and SGF-A-3 594kb