TITLE: Natural Gas to Liquids: Technology Status Report.

AUTHOR: R. D. Malone;   C. A. Komar.

INST.  AUTHOR: Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV. Morgantown Energy Technology Center.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Jan 89,  23p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE89000982INW

ABSTRACT:

In 1984, DOE initiated a program for expanding the knowledge base and for developing concepts, methods, and processes to convert natural gas to liquid fuels. The initial research activities focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental mechanisms and kinetics when partially oxidating methane directly to methanol as the basis for designing a process. The goal is to achieve a sufficiently high yield that an operable and economically viable process can be applied to converting remote natural gas to liquids for transportation to US markets. This research project is ongoing and has progressed to include research in catalytic, noncatalytic, and biological conversion processes. This report discusses these processes. 8 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/METC-89/0265