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Return to DOE Reports Table of Contents - C A Study of the Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Low-Molecular-Weight Hydrocarbons. Major Subject: Chemical Engineering - August 1981. Ting Yee Chan, Thesis Texas A&M University In this pdf format, this document has 111 pages and is 2.8 MB. Table of Contents I. Introduction 1 II. Literature Review 4 Fischer-Tropsch Technology 4 Methanol Synthesis 8 Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons 15 Zeolite as Methanol to Hydrocarbon Catalyst 17 III. Catalyst Preparation 22 Ammonium and Rare Earth Ion Exchange Procedure 22 Physically Mixed Catalyst Preparation Procedure 24 Impregnation Procedure 25 Co-precipitation Procedure 26 IV. Experimental Procedure 34 Start Up Procedure 34 Steady State Operation 35 Product Analysis Procedure 35 Regeneration Procedure 36 VI. Discussion of Catalytic Testing Results 37 Reaction Mechanism 40 VII. X-Ray Diffraction Studies 48 VIII. Conclusions and Recommendations 70 Literature Cited 73 Appendix A 75 B 92 C 93 D 96 E 98 VITA 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||