Return to Information Circular Table of Contents

I. C. 7593

Process Development in the Hydrocarbon Synthesis to 1941(Japan) - 1951

S. Kodama1/
W. Funabashi1/
G. Hashimoto1/
T. Hirao1/
H. Tahara1/
A. Matsumura1/
J. Kato1/
Y. Tarama1/

Revised and Edited by Robert C. Grass2/

Cover Page

Table of Contents

Page
Section 1
674kb		 Preface 1
Abstract 2
Acknowledgments 2
Introduction 3
Important aspects of plant design 4
Inner-catalyst converter (100 1./hr.) using oil as a coolant 6
Description of equipment 6
Synthesis operation 7
Inner-catalyst converter (10 m.3/hr.) using oil as coolant 8
Description of equipment 9
Section 2
997kb		 Synthesis operation 10
Outer-catalyst converters using oil as coolant 10
Converter with 3 m.3/hr. throughout 10
Description of equipment 10
Synthesis operation 11
Converter with 10 m.3/hr. throughout 11
Description of equipment 11
Outer-catalyst converters using water as coolant 12
Converter with 6 m.3/hr. throughout 12
Description of equipment 12
Synthesis operation 14
Converter with 100 m. 3/hr. throughout 14
Description of equipment 14
Experimental procedure, cobalt catalyst 14
Synthesis-gas preparation 14
Production of components, CO and H2 14
Purification and formulation of synthesis gas 16
Catalyst 17
Synthesis operation 18
Section 3
1030kb		 Discussion of results 19
Experimental procedure; iron catalyst 27
Synthesis-gas preparation 27
Production of components, CO and H2 27
Catalyst 30
Synthesis operation 31
Discussion of results 36
Calculation of heat-transfer data 38
Summary 40

1/ Kyoto Imperial University, Japan

2/ Research chemist, Research and Development Branch, Office of Synthetic Liquid Fuels, Bureau of Mines, Bruceton, PA