Catalytic conversion of synthesis gas to methanol and other oxygenated products

This paper reports the results obtained in an extended program on the conversion of synthesis gas to methanol and higher alcohols. Modifications were made in the catalyst composition, method of fabrication, promoters, and moderators. Test conditions were also modified as a temperature, pressure, gas...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Industrial & engineering chemistry research 1991-05, Vol.30 (5), p.811-821
Main Authors: Stiles, Alvin B, Chen, Frank, Harrison, Jeffrey B, Hu, Xiaodong, Storm, David A, Yang, H. X
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
100200 - Synthetic Fuels- Production- (1990-)
400201 - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
Applied sciences
BY-PRODUCTS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
Energy
ETHANOL
Exact sciences and technology
FABRICATION
FLUIDS
Fuel processing. Carbochemistry and petrochemistry
FUELS
Gas processing
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
KETONES
METHANE
METHANOL
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESS CONTROL
PYROLYSIS
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper reports the results obtained in an extended program on the conversion of synthesis gas to methanol and higher alcohols. Modifications were made in the catalyst composition, method of fabrication, promoters, and moderators. Test conditions were also modified as a temperature, pressure, gas composition, space velocity, and production rate. Methane and other hydrocarbon production was held to less than 5% of the CO reacted. product could be controlled as the percent of higher alcohols in the anhydrous product to between 0 and 80%, and the identity of the alcohols could be controlled to predominantly ethanol, propanol, or isobutyl alcohol; these factors plus high production rates give the process exceptional commercial appeal. An unexpected result of the effort was observing that substantial percentages of acetaldehyde, propioaldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, and methyl ethyl ketone could be produced, which translates to acetic and propionic acids and methyl tert-butyl ether. As a result of the extensive data, a new alcohols synthesis mechanism is proposed.
ISSN:0888-5885
1520-5045
DOI:10.1021/ie00053a002