Greener Fischer-Tropsch Processes for Fuels and Feedstocks

PREFACE
 
PART ONE: Introduction
 
WHAT IS FISCHER - TROPSCH?
Feedstocks for Fuel and for Chemicals Manufacture
The Problems
Fuels for Transportation
Feedstocks for the Chemical Industry
Sustainability and Renewables: Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
The Way Forward
XTL and the Fischer - Tropsch Process (FTP)
Alternatives to Fischer - Tropsch
 
PART TWO: Industrial and Economics Aspects
 
SYNGAS: THE BASIS OF FISCHER - TROPSCH
Syngas as Feedstock 19
Routes to Syngas: XTL (X ¼ Gas, Coal, Biomass, and Waste)
Water-Gas Shift Reaction (WGSR)
Synthesis Gas Cleanup
Thermal and Carbon Efficiency
The XTL Gas Loop
CO2 Production and CO2 as Feedstock 46
 
FISCHER - TROPSCH TECHNOLOGY
Introduction
Industrially Applied FT Technologies
FT Catalysts
Requirements for Industrial Catalysts
FT Reactors
Selecting the Right FT Technology
Selecting the FT Operating Conditions
Selecting the FT Catalyst Type
Other Factors That Affect FT Technology Selection
 
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH FISCHER - TROPSCH PRODUCTS?
Introduction
Composition of Fischer - Tropsch Syncrude
Syncrude Recovery after Fischer - Tropsch Synthesis
Fuel Products from Fischer - Tropsch Syncrude
Lubricants from Fischer - Tropsch Syncrude
Petrochemical Products from Fischer - Tropsch Syncrude
 
INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES
Introduction
A Brief History of Industrial FT Development
Industrial FT Facilities
Perspectives on Industrial Developments
 
OTHER INDUSTRIALLY IMPORTANT SYNGAS REACTIONS
Survey of CO Hydrogenation Reactions
Syngas to Methanol
Syngas to Dimethyl Ether (DME)
Syngas to Ethanol
Syngas to Acetic Acid
Higher Hydrocarbons and Higher Oxygenates
Hydroformylation
Other Reactions Based on Syngas
 
FISCHER - TROPSCH PROCESS ECONOMICS
Introduction and Background
Market Outlook (Natural Gas)
Capital Cost
Operating Costs
Revenues
Economics and Sensitivity Analysis
 
PART THREE:

Peter Maitlis is Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. His researches are concerned with the interaction
of organic molecules with metals, where he is currently developing a closer understanding of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions. He has coauthored over 350 scientific papers as well as three books on catalysis, and has lectured extensively. His work has been recognized internationally: he was elected FRS in 1984, and was made a Socio of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome in 1999. He has been President of the Dalton Division of the RSC, Chairman, of the SERC Chemistry Committee in the UK, and has also worked in the USA (Cornell and Harvard), and in Canada (McMaster University).
 
Arno de Klerk holds postgraduate qualifications in both analytical chemistry and chemical engineering. In 2001 he was appointed as research manager of the Fischer-Tropsch Refinery Catalysis group, being responsible for catalysis research related to conversion processes for upgrading Fischer-Tropsch syncrude to fuels and chemicals. In 2009 he relocated from South Africa to Canada and took up his present position at the University of Alberta. He has authored publications in the fields of engineering, catalysis, chemistry and refining. He is author of the book 'Fischer-Tropsch Refining' also published by Wiley-VCH