| Introduction |
3 |
| Program Goals and First Year Accomplishments |
5 |
| Fuels and Chemicals Via Fischer-Tropsch |
4 |
| Hydrogenation of F-T Products and Polyolefins to Environmentally Clean
High Cetane Diesel Fuels, Jet Fuels and Lube-based Oils |
7 |
| Dialkyl Carbonates from Alcohols and CO |
13 |
| Synthesis of Higher Carbon Ethers from Methanol and Olefins |
17 |
| Higher Alcohol Synthesis from Methanol or Syngas |
20 |
| Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Higher Ethers and Other Oxygenates |
23 |
| Supercritical Fluids as an Alternative Reaction Medium for
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis |
31 |
| Reforming of Natural Gas with Carbon Dioxide |
38 |
| Hydrogen Production by Non-Oxidative Catalytic Decomposition of
Methane |
41 |
| In Situ Catalyst Characterization by XAFS Spectroscopy |
47 |
| Diesel Engine Testing of Oxygenated Fuel Additives; Preliminary Test
Results |
49 |
| Analytical Characterization of Catalyst Structure and Product
Distribution |
53 |
