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Montebello Reactor No. 3

Runs 46, 47, and 48
Laboratory: Montebello
Report No. TDC-802-33-P
Date: August 17, 1950

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Table of Contents (448kb)

I

 INTRODUCTION (221kb) 1
 

A

 Object 1

B

 History 1

C

 Scope 1

II

 EXPERIMENTAL WORK (1.64MB) 2
 

A

 Equipment and Method of Operation 2
 

1

 Synthesis Gas Generation 2

2

 Catalyst Pretreatment and Reduction 3

3

 Synthesis System 5
 

a

 Description of Synthesis Reactor 5

b

 Methods of Sampling and Analysis 6

c

 Methods of Calculation 7

B

 Experimental Results 7
 

1

 Run 46 7

2

 Run 47 11

3

 Run 48 11

4

 Effect of Bed Height and Catalyst Inventory on Yield of C3 13

5

 Comparison of Yield on Straight Run and Polymer Basis 16

6

 Product Quality 17

7

 Comparison of Yields of Montebello Reactor with Brownsville Design 17

8

 Properties of Used Catalyst 18

III

 CONCLUSIONS (111kb) 20

IV

 RECOMMENDATIONS (111kb) 20

V

 FUTURE WORK (176kb) 20

VI

 APPENDIX 22
  Index to Appendix (43kb) 23

A

 Summaries of Runs 46 to 48 (1.36MB) 24-27

B

 Detailed Data from Runs 46 to 48 28-62
  Part 1 (3.07MB) 28-45
Part 2 (3.23MB) 46-62

C

 Summary of Equipment and Operating Problems (565kb) 63-71
 

INDEX TO FIGURES
1 Catalyst Reduction - Run 46 4
2 Conversion and Hydrocarbon Yields - Run 46 8
3 Selectivity and Yields of Carbon Dioxide and Water 10
4 Conversion and Hydrocarbon Yields - Run 48 12
5 Effect of Catalyst Bed Height and Inventory on Yield on C3 14
6 Variation of Catalyst Density with Yield of C3 15
 
INDEX TO TABLES
I Comparison of Yields on Straight-Run and Polymer Bases 17
II Analyses of Catalyst 19