Optimum Catalytic Process for Alcohol Fuels from Syngas

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6249926· OSTI ID:6249926

Dombek, B. D. ^[1]

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1. Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc., South Charleston, WV (United States)

The objectives of this contract were to discover and evaluate the catalytic properties of novel homogeneous, heterogeneous, or combination catalytic systems for the production of fuel alcohol extenders from syngas, to evaluate analytically and on the bench scale novel reactor concepts for use in converting syngas to liquid fuel products, and to develop on the bench scale the best combination of chemistry, reactor, and total process configuration to achieve the minimum product cost for conversion of syngas to liquid fuel products. This was to be done through extensions of known catalyst systems and by design of novel systems. The characteristics of these catalysts which affect their performance in alcohol synthesis-selectivity, activity, and stability - were to be evaluated, and fundamental catalyst chemistry involved in syngas conversion to alcohols was to be studied.

• Research Organization: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company, Inc., South Charleston, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PET)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-86PC90013
• OSTI ID: 6249926
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90013--T14; DE91007497; ON: DE91007497
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADDITIVES
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
CATALYSIS
CATALYST SUPPORTS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CONVERSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
ETHANOL
EVALUATION
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASES
GASOHOL
HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
KINETICS
LIQUID FUELS
METALS
METHANOL
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM SULFIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PRESSURE EFFECTS
PROGRESS REPORT
REACTION KINETICS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE AREA
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS