| 1. |
Summary |
3 |
|
(Illustration Figure 1) |
4 |
| 2. |
Limits of the investigation |
5 |
| 3. |
Sources of information |
5 |
| 4 |
Systematization of technologies |
6 |
| 5. |
Description and first appraisal of the methods |
8 |
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5.1 |
Gas phase synthesis on solid catalyst beds |
8 |
| |
1. |
Normal pressure syntheses |
8 |
| 2. |
Middle pressure syntheses on cobalt catalysts |
8 |
| 3. |
Middle pressure syntheses on iron catalysts |
8 |
| 4. |
U.S. Bureau of Mins [BOM] Hot Gas Recycle method |
9 |
| 5. |
Synol method |
9 |
| 6. |
Iso synthesis |
10 |
|
5.2 |
Gas phase synthesis on moving catalyst |
10 |
| |
1. |
Synol method |
10 |
| 2. |
Hydrocol method |
11 |
| 3. |
Fluidized bed method of BOM |
11 |
|
5.3 |
Liquid phase synthesis |
12 |
| |
1. |
BASF foam method |
12 |
| 2. |
Rheinpreussen - liquid phase |
12 |
| 3. |
"Slurry synthesis" of BOM |
13 |
| 4. |
Duftschmidt method |
13 |
| 5. |
BOM expanded catalyst bed with oil circulation |
13 |
| 6. |
BOM iron turnings with oil circulation |
13 |
| 5.4 |
Direct synthesis from ethylene |
13 |
|
6. |
Material balances and flexibility limits |
14 |
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6.1 |
Material balances |
14 |
|
6.2 |
Flexibility limits |
15 |
|
7. |
Profitability considerations |
16 |
| |
7.1 |
Determining factors |
16 |
| 7.2 |
The most economic methods of today |
16 |
| 7.3 |
On the determination of profitability of 12
primarily selected "synthesis cases" |
17 |
|
8. |
Targets and implementation of further work |
17 |
| |
8.1 |
On the continuation of the present study |
17 |
| 8.2 |
Activities which go beyond the frame of this
study |
17 |
| Supplement |
19 |
| Table 1: Comparison of the most
iimportant hydrocarbon synthesis methods |
20 |
| Table 2: Brief summary of
the 12 material balances for 2.5 million ton C2+/yr in each
case |
21 |
| Tables 3-14: Detained
material balance sheets of the 12 "synthesis cases" with
calculation examples to Table 6 |
22 |
| Literature list (not included) |
