TITLE: Commercial-scale demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH(trademark)) process. Technical progress report number 9, July 1--September 30, 1996.

INST.  AUTHOR: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States);   Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN (United States).

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE], 6 Jun 97,  50p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE98050577INW

ABSTRACT:

The Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH(trademark)) Demonstration Project at Kingsport, Tennessee, is a $213.7 million cooperative agreement between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Air Products Liquid Phase Conversion Company, L.P. (the Partnership). The LPMEOH(trademark) Process Demonstration Unit is being built at a site located at the Eastman Chemical Company (Eastman) complex in Kingsport. The project involves the construction of an 80,000 gallons per day (260 tons per day (TPD)) methanol unit utilizing coal-derived synthesis gas from Eastman's integrated coal gasification facility. The new equipment consists of synthesis gas feed preparation and compression facilities, the liquid phase reactor and auxiliaries, product distillation facilities, and utilities. This liquid phase process suspends fine catalyst particles in an inert liquid, forming a slurry. The slurry dissipates the heat of the chemical reaction away from the catalyst surface, protecting the catalyst and allowing the methanol synthesis reaction to proceed at higher rates.  At the Eastman complex, the technology is being integrated with existing coal-gasifiers.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/90543-T4

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FC22-93PC90543