The Economical Production of Alcohol Fuels from Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas. Case Studies, Design, and Economics

The Economical Production of Alcohol Fuels from Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas. Case Studies, Design, and Economics - 1995

West Virginia University

Section 1 1085kb	1	Introduction			1
	2	Background			2
	3	Approach and Rationale			5
		3.1	Target Blends
		3.2	Choice of Cases
		3.3	Energy Park
	4	Methodology			9
		4.1	Design
			4.1.1	Case Studies
			4.1.2	Scale of Operation
			4.1.3	Available Technology
		4.2	Economics
			4.2.1	Assumptions
			4.2.2	Measures of Economic Feasibility
		4.3	Screening of Alternatives
	5	Description of Cases			14
		5.1	Process Concept
		5.2	Designs
Section 2 814kb	6	Results and Discussion			17
		6.1	Cost Economics of Designs
		6.2	Energy Efficiency of Designs
		6.3	Fugitive Emissions
	7	Conclusions			27
	8	Recommendations and Future Work			29
		8.1	Optimization
		8.2	Sensitivity Analysis
			8.2.1	Process
			8.2.2	Cost and Price
		8.3	Energy Park
		8.4	Possible Additional Case Studies
	9	References			31
	10	Appendices			33
		Appendix A Case 1: Texaco gasifier and steam reforming of natural gas (including fugitive emissions study) 3277kb
		Appendix B Case 2: Lurgi gasifier 692kb
		Appendix C Case 3: Natural gas only 441kb
		Appendix D Case 4: Texaco gasifier and sour gas shift converter 732kb
		Appendix E Case 5: Shell gasifier and sour gas shift converter 715kb
		Appendix F Case 6: Shell gasifier and steam reforming of natural gas 751kb
		Appendix G Case 7: Texaco gasifier and power production facility 714kb
		Appendix H Scale-up and comparison of design cases 230kb