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Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process: A DOE Assessment - June 2003

National Energy Technology Laboratory

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

5

I Introduction

9

II Project/Process Description

10

II. A Project Description

10

II. B Need for the Technology Demonstration

10

II. C Process Chemistry

12

II. D Technology Description

12

II. E Project Objective and Statement of Work

16

III Review of Technical and Environmental Performance

18

III. A Technical Performance

18

III. A.1 Sparger in the SBCR

18

III. A.2 Catalyst Deactivation

18

III. A.3 Catalyst Activation

18

III. B Demonstration Test Plan

19

III. C Operations

19

III. D Methanol Fuel-Use Testing

20

III. D.1 Transportation Systems

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III. D.2 Power Generation Systems

22

III. E Liquid Phase Dimethyl Ether Design Verification Testing

22

III. F Environmental Performance

23

III. F.1 Spent Catalyst Slurry

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III. F.2 Catalyst Guard Bed and Carbonyl Guard Bed Spent Adsorbents

23

III. F.3 Mineral Oil Waste Stream

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III. F.4 Recovered Distillation Liquids

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III. F.5 Waste Water Stream

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IV Market Analysis

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IV. A Market Size

25

IV. B Economics

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IV. B.1 Capital Costs

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IV. B.2 Operating Costs

26

IV. B.3 Economics

27

IV. C Commercialization Plan

27

V Conclusions

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VI Acronyms and Abbreviations

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VII References

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VIII Bibliography

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Appendix A

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