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Modular and Scalable Fischer‐Tropsch Reactor for Small‐Scale Gas‐to‐Liquid Production
Author(s) -
Urban Zbigniew
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.201600283
Subject(s) - syngas , fischer–tropsch process , process engineering , modular design , gas to liquids , scale (ratio) , production (economics) , waste management , fossil fuel , environmental science , associated petroleum gas , scale up , petroleum engineering , natural gas , chemistry , engineering , computer science , catalysis , economics , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , selectivity , macroeconomics , operating system , classical mechanics
Economy of scale implies that the capital cost per unit production in smaller‐scale plants is higher than in large‐scale production plants. A conceptual design for a scaled‐down Fischer‐Tropsch (FT) reactor is described and key performance indicators are determined and compared with those of large‐scale FT reactors. The designed scaled‐down FT reactor provides the petroleum and hydrocarbon waste processing sectors with a low‐cost and low‐risk gas‐to‐liquid technology for monetizing small‐size gas sources. An option for achieving a high conversion of syngas reactants with single‐pass operation makes it suitable for processing the associated gas that is usually flared at oil exploration and production sites.