Liquid hydrocarbon fuels from syngas: Final technical report, March 1981--September 1984

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6427570

Commercial Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) processes are limited by deficiencies intrinsic to the metal catalysts used (Fe and Co). These are (1) the predominance of normal paraffins in the product, (2) a small liquid motor fuel fraction formed in the total product, and (3) the formation of oxygenated compounds which cause separation and corrosion problems. Union Carbide believed that substantial improvements could be made based upon recent discoveries of new molecular sieves. It was believed that the combustion of the new molecular sieves with the classical F-T catalysts could eliminate these deficiencies. The initial effort focused on studies of the molecular sieve component alone (Task 1). This resulted in the identification of UCC-108 and UCC-101 (and their variations) as candidates for the production of fuel range hydrocarbons with Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. The next step (Task 2) was the study of these materials in conjunction with Fischer-Tropsch catalysts to generate fuel hydrocarbons from syngas. A few outstanding candidates were discovered that provided significantly better product yields and quality as well as an improved catalyst stability. This report summarizes the results of the program. 80 figs., 33 tabs.

• Research Organization: Union Carbide Corp., Tarrytown, NY (USA). Tarrytown Technical Center
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-81PC40077
• OSTI ID: 6427570
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/40077-T11; ON: DE89002006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ADSORBENTS
ALCOHOLS
ALKENES
AROMATICS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT
CONVERSION
DATA
DIESEL FUELS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASES
GASOLINE
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
IRON
LIQUID FUELS
METALS
METHANOL
MOLECULAR SIEVES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PROGRESS REPORT
PROPYLENE
SYNTHESIS GAS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YIELDS