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Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Modification, Operation, and Support Studies. Topical Report, Task 3.8: Catalyst Poisons Field Demonstration -1990

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Objectives 1
Patent Situation 2
Safety 2
Regulatory Matters 2
Future Programs 2
Acknowledgements 2
Experimental Techniques 2
  Adsorption System 2
Autoclave System 4
Analytical System 4
Results and Discussion 4
  Lab Test with Coolwater Coal Gas 4
  Lab Test # 1 4
  Removal of Iron Carbonyl 9
Removal of Carbonyl Sulfide 9
Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide 17
Lab Test # 2 17
  Removal of Iron Carbonyl 17
Removal of Carbonyl Sulfide 17
Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide 22
Methanol Catalyst Performance 22
Field/Lab Tests with Great Plain Coal Gas 22
  Field Test # 1 22
  Catalyst Life Test with Adsorbents On-stream 22
Analytical Results on Gas/Catalyst Samples 29
Lab Test # 1 31
  Catalyst Life Test with Synthesized GP Gas 31
Effect of CO2 on Catalyst Activity 36
Field Test # 2 36
  Improvements in Field Test # 2 36
Catalyst Life Test with Adsorbents On-stream 39
Catalyst Life Test with Adsorbents Bypassed 43
Comparison of Field/Lab Test Results 43
Estimation of Rate Constants 45
Estimation of Relative Deactivation Rates 51
Analytical Results on Gas/Catalyst Samples 51
Summary and Conclusions 54
  Lab Tests with Coolwater Coal Gas 54
Field/Lab Tests with Great Plains Coal Gas 54
References 55