Planned Task and Milestone Schedule

1

Objectives

2

Work Accomplished this Quarter

2

Ninth Quarter’s Technical Report

3

1.

Ether Synthesis During FT Reaction

3

1.1

Introduction

3

1.2

Experimental

3

1.2.1

Catalysts

3

1.2.2

Reaction Studies

5

1.3

Results and Discussion

5

1.3.1

CO Hydrogenation

5

2.

Slurry-Phase MTBE Synthesis

7

2.1

Introduction

7

2.2

Experimental

13

2.3

Results and Discussion

13

3.

Work Planned for Next Quarter

19