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Review of Synthesis Operations in Montebello Reactor No. 3

Runs 44 and 45
Laboratory: Montebello
Report No. TDC-802-32-P
Date: June 15, 1950

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Table of Contents (900kb)

I

 INTRODUCTION (239kb) 1
 

A

 Object 1

B

 History 1

C

 Scope 2
II EXPERIMENTAL WORK (1.66MB) 2
 

A

 Equipment and Method of Operation 2
 

1

 Synthesis Gas Generation 2

2

 Catalyst Pretreatment and Reduction 4

3

 Synthesis System 6
 

a

 Description of Synthesis Reactor 6

b

 Methods of Sampling and Analysis 9

c

 Methods of Calculations 12

B

 Experimental Results 12
III CONCLUSIONS (110kb) 21
IV RECOMMENDATIONS (38.2kb) 22
V FUTURE WORK (91.3kb) 22
VI APPENDIX (3.96MB) 24
  Index 25
 

INDEX TO FIGURES
1 Flow Diagram of Catalyst Reduction 3
2 Catalyst Reducer 5
3 Flow Diagram of Gas-Fired Generator and Montebello Reactor 8
4 Montebello Reactor No. 3 10
5 Chronological Yields of C1 + C2 and C3; Hydrogen plus CO Conversion 13
6 Variation of C3 Yields (Gals.) with Catalyst Bed Depth and Catalyst Inventory 15
7 Variation of C3 Yields (Lbs.) with Catalyst Bed Depth and Catalyst Inventory 17
8 Variation of Density of C3 Fraction with Catalyst Inventory; Variation of Yields of C3-C6 Fraction with Catalyst Inventory 19
9 Variation of Yields of 400° E.P., 400-550°, 550°, and W.S. Chemicals Fractions with Catalyst Inventory 20