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Research Guidance Studies to Assess Gasoline from Coal by Methanol-to-Gasoline and
Sasol-Type Fischer-Tropsch Technologies - 1978

Schreiner, Max

Mobil Research and Development Corp.

Table of Contents 89kb

Section 1
424kb		 Abstract 1
Summary 2

1

 Study Scope 9

2

 Study Design Bases 14
Section 2
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3

 Base Case I:  Mobil Methanol Conversion Technology 20
 

3.1

 Material Balance 21

3.2

 Product Yields and Quality 22

3.3

 Thermal Efficiency 28

3.4

 Process Descriptions 30
Section 3
227kb

3.5

 Offsite Units 75

3.6

 Utility Requirements and Steam/BFW Balance 89

3.7

 Train Philosophy 91
Section 4
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4

 Base Case II:  Fischer-Tropsch Technology 94
 

4.1

 Material Balance 95

4.2

 Product Yields and Quality 96

4.3

 Thermal Efficiency 104

4.4

 Process Descriptions 106
Section 5
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4.5

 Offsite Units 142

4.6

 Utility Requirements and Steam/BFW Balance 148

4.7

 Train Philosophy 150

5

 Sensitivity Cases 151
 

5.1

 Case I-A:  Methanol and SNG Coproduction 152

5.2

 Case I-B:  Gasoline Only Production 160
Section 6
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5.3

 Case I-C:  Mobil Fluid-Bed Technology 167

5.4

 Case I-D:  Second Generation Gasifier 176

5.5

 Case II-A:  Mobil Direct Syngas Conversion 177

6

 Cost Estimation 187
 

6.1

 Investment 188
Section 7
495kb

6.2

 Working Capital 197

6.3

 Coal and Operating Costs 200

6.4

 Byproduct Credits 205
Section 8
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7

 Economic Evaluation 207
 

7.1

 Bases 208

7.2

 Inter-Study Comparisons 212

7.3

 Base Cases 213

7.4

 Inter-Study Comparison Sub-Case 217

7.5

 Base Case I Economic Sensitivities 218

7.6

 Sensitivity Cases 226

8

 Conclusions 228

9

 References 229
  Appendices

A

 Base Case I Material Balance
Section9
1479kb

B

 Base Case II Material Balance
Section 10
354kb

C

 Sensitivity Cases Material Balances (Partial)

D

 SNG Only Sensitivity Case