TITLE: Fischer Tropsch synthesis in supercritical fluids. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1, 1993--March 31, 1993.

AUTHOR: A. Akgerman;   D. B. Bukur.

INST.  AUTHOR: Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Dept. of Chemical Engineering.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1993,  21p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE93017717INW

ABSTRACT:

Our objective during the second quarter of the project was to complete the procurement of necessary parts for our reactor set-up, complete equipment modification, start safety and shake-down tests and complete preliminary calculations that are needed before starting experimentation.  The experimental set-up was completed. Different pieces of equipment such as the reactor, the mass flow controller, steady state low pressure glass trap, etc. were installed in the system. The system was then pressure tested for safety purposes. There were many aspects of the safety tests like the cold pressure tests, the hot pressure tests, the flow through tests, etc. All these tests were successfully completed. various safety devices in the set-up such as relief valves, temperature interlocks, solenoid valves and the emergency shut-down system were also tested successfully.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/92545-2

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-92PC92545