Novel Approaches to the Production of Higher Alcohols From Synthesis Gas. Quarterly report, January 1 - March 31, 1997
- Federal Energy Technology Center
A modified analytical system was assembled and calibrated, in preparation for a second run with cesium (Cs)-promoted "zinc chromite" catalyst. A new column for the on-line gas chromatography (GC) was purchased for the analysis of various light olefin and paraffin isomers. A run was carried out in the continuous stirred autoclave using the Cs-promoted catalyst. Decahydronaphfialene was used as the slurry liquid. Reaction conditions were 375°C, 2000 psig total pressure, 0.5 H₂/CO ratio, and 5000 sL/Kg (cat.)-hr. Analysis of the data from this run is in progress. A manuscript on the thermal stability of potential slurry liquids was submitted to 'Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research,' and a paper was presented at the 1997 Spring National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Houston, Texas.
- Research Organization:
- Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV, and Pittsburgh, PA; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-90PC90043
- OSTI ID:
- 3436
- Report Number(s):
- DE-AC22-90PC90043--26
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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