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Generation of Primarily Petrochemical Raw and Basic Products by the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Interim Report I - 1974

Energy Research and Development Administration

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Table of Contents

1. Summary 3
(Illustration Figure 1) 4
2. Limits of the investigation 5
3. Sources of information 5
4 Systematization of technologies 6
5. Description and first appraisal of the methods 8
 

5.1

Gas phase synthesis on solid catalyst beds 8
  1. Normal pressure syntheses 8
2. Middle pressure syntheses on cobalt catalysts 8
3. Middle pressure syntheses on iron catalysts 8
4. U.S. Bureau of Mins [BOM] Hot Gas Recycle method 9
5. Synol method 9
6. Iso synthesis 10

5.2

Gas phase synthesis on moving catalyst 10
  1. Synol method 10
2. Hydrocol method 11
3. Fluidized bed method of BOM 11

5.3

Liquid phase synthesis 12
  1. BASF foam method 12
2. Rheinpreussen - liquid phase 12
3. "Slurry synthesis" of BOM 13
4. Duftschmidt method 13
5. BOM expanded catalyst bed with oil circulation 13
6. BOM iron turnings with oil circulation 13
5.4 Direct synthesis from ethylene 13

6.

Material balances and flexibility limits 14
 

6.1

Material balances 14

6.2

Flexibility limits 15

7.

Profitability considerations 16
  7.1 Determining factors 16
7.2 The most economic methods of today 16
7.3 On the determination of profitability of 12 primarily selected "synthesis cases" 17

8.

Targets and implementation of further work 17
  8.1 On the continuation of the present study 17
8.2 Activities which go beyond the frame of this study 17
Supplement 19
Table 1:  Comparison of the most iimportant hydrocarbon synthesis methods 20
Table 2:  Brief summary of the 12 material balances for 2.5 million ton C2+/yr in each case 21
Tables 3-14:  Detained material balance sheets of the 12 "synthesis cases" with calculation examples to Table 6 22
Literature list (not included)