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Techno-Economic Assessment of the Mobil Two-Stage Slurry Fischer-Tropsch/ZSM-5 Process - 1984

El Sawy, A.
Gray, D.
Neuworth, M.
Tomlinson, G.

Mitre Corp

Table of Contents

  List of Illustrations vii
List of Tables ix
Executive Summary xiii
Section 1 675kb

1.0

Introduction

1
   

1.1

Objectives

1

1.2

Methodology

2

1.3

Background

3
 

1.3.1

External Shift Problem 4

1.3.2

Heat Generation Problem 4

1.3.3

Broad Product Slate Problem 5

1.4

A Comparative Overview of Available F-T Processes

7

References for Section 1.0

15
Section 2 1179kb

2.0

Mobil Two-Stage SFT/ZSM-5 Process Development and Status

17
   

2.1

Conceptual Basis

17

2.2

Bench-Scale Unit Description

20

2.3

Overview of Mobil BSU Experimental Test Runs

27

References for Section 2.0

43
Section 3 1786kb

3.0

Design Basis Performance Evaluation for the Mobil Two-Stage Conceptual Commercial Plant

45
   

3.1

Introduction

45

3.2

Low-Wax Case Design Basis

48

3.3

High-Wax Case Design Basis

69

References for Section 3.0

84
Section 4 2058kb

4.0

Economic Evaluation of Mobil Two-Stage Slurry F-T Conceptual Commercial Plants

85
   

4.1

Mobil Conceptual Process Design

87
 

4.1.1

Design Basis 87

4.1.2

General Process Description 89

4.1.3

Process Equipment 90

4.2

Definition of Reference Plants

92

4.3

General Comparative Evaluation

99

4.4

Economic Evaluation of Mobil Low-Wax Case

101
 

4.4.1

Capital Cost Requirement 101

4.4.2

Operating Cost 103

4.4.3

Annual Revenue Requirement 106

4.4.4

Unit Product Cost 108

4.5

Comparison with Reference Fischer-Tropsch Plants

110

4.6

MITRE Analysis of Low-Wax Case

113

4.7

Comparative Economic Evaluation of Mobil High-Wax Case

115
 

4.7.1

Capital Cost Requirement 115

4.7.2

Operating Cost 117

4.7.3

Annual Revenue Requirement 120

4.7.4

Unit Product Cost 120

References for Section 4.0

124
Section 5 225kb

5.0

Conclusions and Recommendations

125
   

5.1

Conclusions

125

5.2

Recommendations

126
Appendices 1152kb

Appendix A

Plant Construction Cost Analysis A-1
 

Appendix B

Computation of All-Liquid Product Outputs B-1

Appendix C

Notes to Tables A-1 through A-5 C-1