Coproduction of liquid transportation fuels and C6_C8aromatics from biomass and natural gas

AIChE Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Niziolek ◽  
Onur Onel ◽  
Josephine A. Elia ◽  
Richard C. Baliban ◽  
Christodoulos A. Floudas
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Transportation Fuels

Transportation fuels and chemicals directly from natural gas: how expensive?

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Renesme ◽  
J. Saint-Just ◽  
Y. Muller
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Transportation Fuels ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals

Catalytic routes to transportation fuels utilizing natural gas hydrates

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Wegrzyn ◽  
Devinder Mahajan ◽  
Michael Gurevich
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Hydrates ◽  
Transportation Fuels ◽  
Natural Gas Hydrates

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

2020 ◽  
pp. 447-488
Author(s):  
Paul F. Meier
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Tropsch Synthesis ◽  
Polymerization Reaction ◽  
Catalytic Polymerization ◽  
World War ◽  
Fischer Tropsch ◽  
Fischer Tropsch Synthesis ◽  
Transportation Fuels

The Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is a catalytic polymerization reaction that can be used to make transportation fuels, primarily gasoline and diesel. The process was invented in 1925 and used commercially by Nazi Germany in World War II as well as South Africa, starting in the 1950s. Initially, the fuel of choice to start the process was coal, but recently there has been increased interest in natural gas and biomass. The interest in natural gas is of most interest, as it provides an option for taking stranded natural gas and converting it into a liquid. This avoids the need for pipeline or liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport, which may be difficult to implement due to both geography and geopolitical reasons. The levelized cost of producing gasoline and diesel through this process is competitive with refining, but new commercial implementation has been hindered by the high capital cost of building the plant.

Future World Oil Prices and the Potential for New Transportation Fuels

2000 ◽  
Vol 1738 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-99
Author(s):  
Alicia K. Birky ◽  
John D. Maples ◽  
James S. Moore ◽  
Philip D. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Information Administration ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Projection Model ◽  
Transportation Fuels ◽  
Unconventional Natural Gas ◽  
Indefinite Future

World petroleum demand is projected to continue increasing after the world enters the 21st century. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts low world oil prices for the indefinite future despite an expected 54 percent rise in consumption by the year 2020. In its reference case, EIA also assumes an 80 percent increase in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production over the same time period. In contrast to this, a popular world oil market projection model demonstrates that OPEC could increase its production profitability significantly by substantially slowing the rate of its expanded production. However, OPEC’s potential market control also is influenced by the prospective availability of fuels produced from natural gas, especially remote unconventional natural gas resources. The unconventional natural gas resource is potentially enormous compared with all other fossil fuels combined. Considerations of energy security, greenhouse gas curtailment, emissions control, and cost will act to dictate widespread production and use of these unconventional reserves. Estimates are provided for the amount of alternatives that might be available at various oil prices. Because of cost considerations, much of this added production is likely to occur outside the United States.

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