R.I. 5045

Determination of Solid and Liquid Impurities in Synthesis Gas - 1954

L. J. Kane1/
H. W. Wainwright1/
C. C. Shale2/
A. E. Sands3/

Table of Contents 364kb

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Section 1
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Summary and conclusions 1
Introduction 1
Acknowledgments 2
Sampling the gas stream 3
Laboratory-scale equipment for testing sampling methods 3
Procedure 3
Selection of sampling point 3
Sampling methods 5
Section 2
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Sampling in pilot plants 6
High temperature sampling 7
Separation of the solid and liquid impurities from the sample gas stream 8
Crude gas 9
Filters 9
Section 3
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Highly purified gas 12
Large-area filter papers 13
Designs for large-area filter-paper holders 14
Gas under superatmospheric pressures 14
Examination of the solid and liquid impurities 15
Weighing procedure 15
Weighing large-area filters 17
Use of automatic instruments 17
Moisture determination 17
Particle-size determination 18
Section 4
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Dispersion 19
Section 5
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Particle-size measurement 21
Microscopic examination 23
Petrographic methods 23

1/  Chemical engineer, Synthesis Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. Va.

2/  Chemist, Synthesis Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. A.

3/  Assistant chief, Synthesis Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Morgantown, W. Va.; now with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., Oak Ridge, Tenn.