SYNTHESIS GAS UTILIZATION FOR TRANSPORTATION FUEL PRODUCTION - Biomass as a Sustainable Energy Source for the Future - page 525

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SYNTHESIS GAS UTILIZATION
FOR TRANSPORTATION FUEL
PRODUCTION

J. R UUD VAN O MMEN AND J OHAN G RIEVINK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Product & Process Engineering Group, Faculty of
Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

ACRONYMS

BTL biomass to liquids

CTL coal to liquids

DME dimethyl ether

FT(S) Tropsch (synthesis)

GTL gas to liquids
LPG liquefied petroleum gas
MTG methanol to gasoline
MTO methanol to olefins
SNG

Fischer -

synthetic natural gas

XTL “ anything ” to liquids

SYMBOLS

s −1 kg cat −1 bar −2 ] a reaction rate coefficient in Yates and Satterfield

expression

[mol

[bar −1 ] b adsorption coefficient in Yates and Satterfield

expression