Fischer-Tropsch refining / / Arno de Klerk |
Autore | Klerk Arno de |
Edizione | [[First edition].] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1325 p.) |
Disciplina | 662/.6622 |
Soggetto topico |
Fischer-Tropsch process
Gases - Liquefaction Synthetic fuels - Refining |
ISBN |
3-527-63562-9
3-527-63561-0 3-527-63560-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction. Fischer-Tropsch facilities at a glance -- Refining and refineries at a glance -- Production of Fischer-Tropsch syncrude. Synthesis gas production, cleaning, and conditioning -- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis -- Fischer-Tropsch gas loop -- Industrial Fischer-Tropsch facilities. German Fischer-Tropsch facilities -- American hydrocol facility -- Sasol 1 facility -- Sasol 2 and 3 facilities -- Mossgas facility -- Shell middle distillate synthesis (SMDS) facilities -- Oryx and Escravos gas-to-liquids facilities -- Synthetic transportation fuels. Motor-gasoline -- Jet fuel -- Diesel fuel -- Refining technology. Refining technology selection -- Dehydration, etherification, and hydration -- Isomerization -- Oligomerization -- Aromatic alkylation -- Cracking -- Reforming and aromatization -- Chemical technologies -- Refinery design. Principles of refinery design -- Motor-gasoline refining -- Jet fuel refining -- Diesel fuel refining -- Chemicals and lubricant refining. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130961003321 |
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Producing liquid fuels from coal [[electronic resource] ] : prospects and policy issues / / James T. Bartis, Frank Camm, David S. Ortiz |
Autore | Bartis James T. <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
662
662.6622 662/.6622 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CammFrank A. <1949->
OrtizDavid (David Santana) |
Soggetto topico |
Coal liquefaction - Government policy - United States
Coal liquefaction |
ISBN |
1-282-03339-5
9786612033391 0-8330-4676-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; About This Book; CHAPTER TWO- The Coal Resource Base; The Adequacy of the U.S. Coal Resource Base; The Distribution of U.S. Coal Reserves and Production; Coal Variability; Mine Size; Policy Implications of the Coal Resource Base; CHAPTER THREE- Coal-to-Liquids Technologies; The Fischer-Tropsch Coal-to-Liquids Approach; The Methanol-to-Gasoline Coal-to-Liquids Approach; The Direct Coal Liquefaction Approach
Baseline Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Production of Coal-Derived Liquid FuelsCarbon Capture and Sequestration; Alternative Carbon-Management Options; Technical Viability and Commercial Readiness; Production Costs; Timeline for Coal-to-Liquids Development; CHAPTER FOUR- Other Unconventional Fuels; Commercially Ready Unconventional Fuels; Emerging Unconventional Fuels; Summary; CHAPTER FIVE- Benefits of Coal-to-Liquids Development; Economic Profits; Reductions in the World Price of Oil; National Security Benefits; Improved Petroleum Supply Chain; Oil-Supply Disruption Benefits Employment BenefitsConfounding or Inconclusive Arguments; The Economic Value of a Domestic Coal-to-Liquids Industry; CHAPTER SIX- Critical Policy Issues for Coal-to-Liquids Development; Environmental Impacts of Coal-to-Liquids Production; Impediments to Private-Sector Investment; CHAPTER SEVEN- Designing Incentives to Encourage Private Investment; Designing an Effective Long-Term Public-Private Relationship; Assessing Financial Effects Under Conditions of Uncertainty; Findings and Policy Implications; Promoting Competition; Summary CHAPTER EIGHT- Moving Forward with a Coal-to-Liquids Development EffortPrevailing Uncertainties; The Military Perspective; Federal Policy Options; An Insurance Policy; Air Force Options for Coal-to-Liquids Industrial Development; Scoping Federal Efforts: How Much Is Enough?; A Stable Framework for Reducing World Oil Prices; 119APPENDIX A- Cost-Estimation Methodology and Assumptions; APPENDIX B- Greenhouse-Gas Emissions: Supporting Analysis; APPENDIX C- A Model of the Global Liquid-Fuel Market; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220103803321 |
Bartis James T. <1945->
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