Liquid-phase methanol process-development unit: installation, operation, and support studies. Technical progress report No. 6, 1 January 1983-31 March 1983

Technical Report · Wed Apr 20 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6144233

Experiments confirmed the need for iron carbonyl removal equipment, and bids on these items were evaluated. Equipment procurement for the LaPorte PDU has been completed, with the exception of iron carbonyl removal equipment. On 13 January, several technical redirections were proposed to DOE. In reactor modeling, APCI completed a study of the significance of mass transfer and equilibrium constraints on CSI advance funded data. The results suggest that this data is difficult to use for evaluating kinetics. The backflow reactor model was modified. At CSI, all equipment for the analytical portion of the DEC/AIM data acquisition system for LaPorte has been received. In the CSI autoclave, optimization of catalyst reduction procedures continued. Four liquid-entrained commercial catalysts were evaluated. An attrition test unit was constructed and testing of liquid-fluidized catalyst attrition has begun under methanol synthesis conditions. Modifications of the CSI Lab PDU are about 95% complete. APCI signed a contract with Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. (HRI) for cold-flow studies of the ebullated bed reactor design.

• Research Organization: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (USA); Chem Systems, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-81PC30019
• OSTI ID: 6144233
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30019-T6; ON: DE83010603
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IRON COMPOUNDS
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