Production of synthetic gasoline and diesel fuel from nonpetroleum resources

Conference · Mon Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1986 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Gas Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5753027

Tabak, S A; Avidan, A A; Krambeck, F J

In late 1985, the New Zealand Gas-to-Gasoline Complex was successfully streamed producing high octane gasoline from natural gas. The heart of this complex is the Mobil fixed-bed Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) section which represents one of several newly developed technologies for production of synthetic gasoline and diesel fuels. All of these technologies are based on production of methanol by conventional technology, followed by conversion of the methanol to transportation fuel. The fixed-bed (MTG) process has been developed and commercialized. The fluid-bed version of the MTG process, which is now also available for commercial license, has a higher thermal efficiency and possesses substantial yield and octane number advantages over the fixed-bed. Successful scale-up was completed in 1984 in a 100 BPD semi-works plant in Wesseling, Federal Republic of Germany. The project was funded jointly by the U.S. and German governments and by the industrial participants: Mobil, Union Rheinsche Braunkohlen Kraftstoff, AG; and Uhde, GmbH. This fluid-bed MTG project was extended recently to demonstrate a related fluid-bed process for selective conversion of methanol to olefins (MTO). The MTO process can be combined with Mobil's commercially available olefins conversion process (Mobil-Olefins-to-Gasoline-and-Distillate, MOGD) for coproduction of high quality gasoline and distillate via methanol. This MTO process was also successfully demonstrated at the Wesseling semiworks with this project being completed in late 1985.

• Research Organization: Mobil Research and Development Corp., Research Dept., Paulsboro Lab., Paulsboro, NJ
• OSTI ID: 5753027
• Report Number(s): CONF-860425-
• Journal Information: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Gas Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Gas Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Vol. 31:2; ISSN ACGPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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