Production of synthetic fuels by high-temperature co-electrolysis of carbon dioxide and steam with Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Numerous entities are currently involved in the production of synthetic fuels using various feedstock options including natural gas, refuse derived fuel, landfill gas, anaerobic digester gas, coal, and mixtures of these inputs. Current world‐class FT plants (∼15 900 m3/d or 100 000 barrels per day)...

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Published in:Canadian journal of chemical engineering 2016-04, Vol.94 (4), p.636-641
Main Authors: Frost, Lyman, Elangovan, Elango, Hartvigsen, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Digesters
Electricity
Fischer-Tropsch
high temperature co-electrolysis
Modular
modular gas-to-liquids
Natural gas
Power plants
Reactors
Synthetic fuels
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Summary:Numerous entities are currently involved in the production of synthetic fuels using various feedstock options including natural gas, refuse derived fuel, landfill gas, anaerobic digester gas, coal, and mixtures of these inputs. Current world‐class FT plants (∼15 900 m3/d or 100 000 barrels per day) require large deposits of natural gas (i.e. ∼1.78 m3/L/d or 10 MSCF/BPD means gas sources that can provide ∼10 billion m3 per year for plant lifetime). Modular Fischer‐Tropsch (FT) reactors currently under development have some unique features that reduce cost and provide the ability to utilize sources of natural gas, biomass, or other under‐utilized sources of energy that would otherwise not be developed. The current Ceramatec modular FT reactor operates with a fixed bed size of 10 cm diameter using an internal heat transfer structure to keep axial and radial temperature variation to
ISSN:0008-4034
1939-019X
DOI:10.1002/cjce.22427