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Optimal Design of a Gas‐to‐Liquids Process with a Staged Fischer‐Tropsch Reactor
Author(s) -
Rafiee Ahmad,
Panahi Mehdi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201600040
Subject(s) - fischer–tropsch process , wax , gas to liquids , process engineering , process (computing) , syngas , chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , catalysis , engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , selectivity , operating system
The optimal design of a natural gas‐to‐liquid hydrocarbons (GTL) process with a multistage cobalt‐based Fischer‐Tropsch reactor and interstage product separation is considered. The objective function is to maximize the wax (C 21+ ) production rate at the end of the reactor path. Sectioning of the Fischer‐Tropsch reactor increases the chain growth probability inside the reactor which results in a higher production of wax. The carbon efficiency of the two‐stage reactor is distinctly higher than that of the single‐stage reactor.