TITLE: Cost of Liquid Fuels from Coal. Part 2. Fischer-Tropsch Liquids.

AUTHOR: J. M. Holmes;   D. F. Hemming;   M. Teper.

INST.  AUTHOR: International Energy Agency Coal Research, London (England). Economic Assessment Service.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: International Organization

SOURCE: Other [$TFCIR],  Nov 84,  97p.  ISBN: 92-9029-103-6

NTIS ORDER NO.: IEA/CREAS-85/02/INW   

ABSTRACT:

The production of Fischer-Tropsch liquids from coal requires the gasification of the coal to give a raw gas which must be purified (to remove sulphur compounds and most of the carbon dioxide), adjusted to the correct chemical composition and then passed over a suitable catalyst.  This study (and the corresponding one on methanol and high-octane gasoline from methanol - order as IEA/CREAS-84/08) has been confined to an Evaluation of the production of transport fuels using dry-ash Lurgi and Texaco gasifiers. Two different process configurations have been examined; co-production of SNG, and reforming of the methane produced to synthesis gas and conversion to additional liquid fuels. Two types of reactors have been evaluated: entrained-flow Synthol (as used at Sasol) and liquid-phase (Kolbel) synthesis.

REPORT  NUMBER: ICEAS/E3/2