Coal liquefaction: investigation of reactor performance, role of catalysts, and PCT properties. Technical progress report
This report is divided into two sections plus an appendix. The first section reports on computer simulations which were developed for three important coal liquefaction processes - the Mobil Methanol to Gasoline (MTG) process, the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process, and the synthesis of methanol. The models are designed to be general and information such as new kinetic equations or new physical property information can be readily added. Each of the models also provides for alternate reactor configurations. A comparison of results obtained using the models and results reported in the literature is included to verify the model. Comparisons of alternate processing methods are also included to provide guidance in the selection of a reactor configuration for a specific process. Complete program listings are given in the Appendix, and sample problems with inputs and outputs are provided for the user. The programs are written in the FORTRAN language. It is ultimately desirable to make these models available in a form which can be used in ASPEN, the process simulator developed for DOE. As a first step, the use of ASPEN PLUS to predict thermodynamic and transport properties of systems of interest to coal liquefaction was studied. In the second section, five areas of potential importance to indirect and direct coal liquefaction are reviewed. They are the synthesis of methanol via methyl formate, the role of carbon dioxide in methanol synthesis, the synthesis of methanol using noble metal catalysts, the catalytic synthesis of higher alcohols from a new, high-yield sulfur-tolerant catalyst, and the direct liquefaction of coal mixed with heavy oils - so-called coprocessing. Seven papers in the two sections have been processed for inclusion in the Energy Data Base.
- Research Organization:
- Pittsburgh Univ., PA (USA). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-83PC60054
- OSTI ID:
- 6136815
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/60054-T9; ON: DE86004388
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
02 PETROLEUM
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
BITUMENS
PROCESSING
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COAL
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
FISCHER-TROPSCH/MOBIL PROCESS
PETROLEUM
BUBBLES
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDIZED BEDS
FORTRAN
HYDROCRACKING
LEADING ABSTRACT
METHANOL
PACKED BED
SHIFT PROCESSES
SIMULATORS
SLURRIES
SYNTHESIS
VISCOSITY
ABSTRACTS
ALCOHOLS
ANALOG SYSTEMS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL LIQUEFACTION
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DIAGRAMS
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
ESTERS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASIFICATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
KINETICS
LIQUEFACTION
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
PYROLYSIS
REACTION KINETICS
SIMULATION
SUSPENSIONS
TAR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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