Report on recent development in the area of hydrogenation to the Leuna oil conference on December 22, 1937

Technical Report · Wed Dec 22 04:00:00 EST 1937

OSTI ID:6379620

Pier, M

The development of the ''diluted'' vapor-phase catalyst 6434, which consisted of the previous catalyst 5058 (tungsten sulfide) carried on a much larger volume of activated Fuller's earth is described. Gasoline made with 6434 had octane numbers 5 to 10 units higher than did gasoline made with 5058, and 6434 gasoline had higher specific gravity. Another great advantage of 6434 was that it used up only about 3% as much of the scarce metal tungsten as did 5058 to fill a given volume of reactor space. One disadvantage of 6434 was that it was sensitive to poisoning by phenols and nitrogen compounds, so there needed to be a previous stage of processing to remove those compounds from the reaction mixture. Catalyst 5058 itself or other newly-developed catalysts could serve as catalysts for such a prehydrogenation stage. Also, 6434 kept its full activity only if a certain concentration of sulfur was maintained in the reaction mixture. Next the report gave a short description of the status of each of the hydrogenation plants then operating or planned in Germany and other countries. Next the report described several other processes besides the Bergius process which were more or less competing for recognition in producing liquid fuels from coal or brown coal. Finally there was a discussion of the properties of diesel oils produced from various materials by various processes, including liquid-phase or vapor-phase hydrogenation, the TTH process, or sulfur-dioxide extraction of middle oils. 2 tables.

• Research Organization: I.G. Farbenindustrie, A.G., Ludwigshafen (Germany)
• OSTI ID: 6379620
• Report Number(s): TOM-54-396-406
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: German

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ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM SILICATES
ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
AROMATICS
BERGIUS PROCESS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA FORMS
DIESEL FUELS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXTRACTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASOLINE
HIGH PRESSURE
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHENOLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SULFIDES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TABLES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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