TITLE: Slurry Fischer-Tropsch/Mobile Two-Stage Process of Converting Syngas to High-Octane Gasoline. Quarterly Report, 1 October-31 December 1981.

AUTHOR: J. C. W. Kuo.

INST.  AUTHOR: Mobil Research and Development Corp., Paulsboro, NJ.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Jan 82,  31p.

ABSTRACT:

The construction of the BSU has been completed and the shakedown of the BSU has been initiated. A preliminary operating manual for the BSU has been prepared. A material balance program has also been written to handle the operating and product data obtained during the BSU operation. An improved F-T bubble-column mathematical model has been developed to  include multi-component (H sub 2 , CO, CO sub 2, and H sub 2 O) diffusion, a complex kinetic expression for the F-T reaction, and a water-gas shift reaction. An orthogonal collocation method has been used to solve the resulting non-linear equations numerically. Kinetic constants of a precipitated Fe-catalyst have been estimated using the model based on a set of published conversion data. Parametric studies of varying superficial gas velocity, Fe-catalyst loading in the reactor slurry, and feed H sub 2 /CO ratio have been performed to predict their effect on the F-T bubble-column performance. (ERA citation 08:038585)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/30022-5

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-80PC30022