TITLE: Separation of Fischer-Tropsch wax from catalyst by supercritical fluid extraction. Technical progress report, October--December 1994.

AUTHOR: M. C. Thies.

INST.  AUTHOR: Clemson Univ., SC. 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],  1994,  3p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE95010641INW

ABSTRACT:

Goal is to evaluate the potential of supercritical fluid extraction for separating the catalyst slurry of a Fischer-Tropsch slurry bubble column reactor into two fractions: a catalyst-free wax containing <10 ppM solids and a concentrated catalyst slurry ready for recycle/regeneration. Efforts focused on programming and testing of the SAFT equation and automation of the continuous-flow apparatus.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/94219-T1

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-94PC94219