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Coal Liquefaction: Investigation of Reactor Performance, Role of Catalysts and PCT Properties.
Technical Progress Report - 1985

Brainard, Alan J.
Shah, Yatish T.
Tierney, John W.
Wender, Irving
Joseph, Sebastian
Kerkar, Awdhoot
Ozturk, Sadettin
Sayari, Abdelhamid

University of Pittsburgh

Table of Contents (310kb)

I Modeling of Reactors for Indirect Coal Liquefaction
I-A Methanol to Gasoline Process (1.7MB) I-1
  Summary I-5
Introduction I-6
Methanol to Gasoline Process I-8
Reaction to Gasoline Process I-8
Reaction Mechanism I-10
Fluidized Bed Reactor I-13
Case Study I-25
Fixed Bed Reactor I-29
Case Study I-41
Comparison of Fixed and Fluidized Bed Reactors I-45
Conclusions I-54
Nomenclature I-56
References I-58
Appendix I-A (1.26MB) I-A-1
 
I-B Modeling of Fischer Tropsch Reactors (3.21MB)
  Summary I-66
Introduction I-67
Slurry Bubble Column Reactor I-70
BCSR Model 1 I-75
BCSR Model 2 I-89
Fluidized Bed Reactor I-104
FBR Model 1 I-113
FBR Model 2 I-126
Fixed Bed Reactor I-133
Comparison of Reactor Performance I-141
Conclusions I-157
Nomenclature I-159
References I-164
Appendix I-B (2.72MB) I-B-1
 
I-C Methanol Synthesis Process (2.58MB)
  Summary I-172
Introduction I-173
Model Description I-178
Fixed-Bed Reactor Design for Methanol Synthesis I-180
Parameter Effect on Reactor Performance I-195
Slurry-Bed Reactor Design for Methanol Synthesis I-210
Parameter Effect on Reactor performance I-221
Comparison of the Performance of Fixed and Bubble Column Reactors for Methanol Synthesis I-239
Parameter Estimation for Fixed-Bed Reactor I-243
Parameter Estimation for Slurry-Bed Reactor I-260
Nomenclature I-265
References I-268
Appendix I-C (2.81MB) I-C-1
 
I-D The use of Aspen Plus Process Simulator (611kb) I-271
  Introduction and Overview I-275
Aspen Input Language I-277
Use of the RSTOIC Model for the Methanol Synthesis Reactor I-279
Use of Aspen Plus to Determine Activity Coefficients and Viscosities for Water-Methanol Mixtures I-284
Methanol Mixtures I-284
Incorporating User Models in ASPEN I-288
 
II The Indirect Liquefaction of Coal and Coprocessing of Coal with Heavy Oils
II-A The Indirect Liquefaction of Coal (2.29MB)
  Summary II-1
The Synthesis of Methanol Via Methyl Formate II-3
Recent Advances in Understanding the Mechanisms of the Synthesis of Methanol II-14
Methanol Synthesis Over Transition Metals II-33
Some Recent Work on the Catalytic Production of Higer Alcohols from Synthesis Gas II-43
 
II-B Coprocessing of Coal with Heavy Oils (1.17MB)
  Summary II-51
Introduction II-51
Review of Coprocessing Studies II-53
Characterization of Coal-Oil Coprocessing II-68
References II-77
 
  Tables and Figure (204kb)