TITLE: Conversion of Low H sub 2 /CO Ratio Synthesis Gas to Hydrocarbons: Final Report, October 1, 1981-September 30, 1986.

AUTHOR: A. T. Bell;   H. Heinemann.

INST.  AUTHOR: California Univ., Berkeley. 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],  1986,  12p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE87004506/INW

ABSTRACT:

The objectives of this project have been twofold: (1) to develop a theoretical model for designing bubble-column reactors and assessing their performance and (2) to characterize the performance of a laboratory-scale bubble-column reactor. The theoretical part of the project has focused the effects of gas-liquid mass transfer; axial dispersion of gas, liquid, and catalyst; ad the interplay between the kinetics of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and the water-gas-shift reaction. The experimental portion of the project has focused the effects of reaction conditions on product distribution and, in particular, the conditions under which gas-liquid mass transfer becomes important. Any independent set of experiments was undertaken to investigate the chemistry of carbonaceous deposits formed during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. 8 refs. (ERA citation 12:013028)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/40795-T13

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-81PC40795