Title:
Upscaling and Operation of a Biomass-Derived Fischer-Tropsch Pilot Plant Producing One Barrel per Day
Author(s):
Loipersböck, J., Weber, G., Gruber, H., Kratky, J., Capistrano, R., Hofbauer, H., Rauch, R.
Document(s):
Paper
Slide presentation
Abstract:
Production of Fischer-Tropsch (FT) products by biomass-derived syngas is a promising way to reduce CO2emissionsin the transport sector.FT premium diesel with an excellent cetane number can be used as an additive to fossil diesel to increase quality. Produced biowaxes can find applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and PVC sectorsdue to their high paraffinic composition.Over 10 years of experience was gathered by operatinga small-scale FT plant with a production capacity of 5 kg FTproduct per day. As reactor type a slurry bubble column reactor(SBCR) wasused. Based on data fromthesmall-scale plant and cold modeling of the flow regime,an upscaling of the FT pilot rigwasperformed. A plant with a production capacity of one barrel per day (BPD)FT product was designed, engineeredand started up in 2016 at the location of a commercial fluidized bed gasifier in Güssing, Austria.In this paper the upscaling process by cold-flow modeling is discussed. First results indicated a heterogeneous flow regime within the Fischer-Tropsch slurry bubble column reactor (SBCR), therefore a good correspondence between cold-flow model and hot reactor could be seen.
Keywords:
biorefinery, cold-flow model, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, upscaling
Topic:
Biomass Conversion Technologies for Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, Chemicals and Materials
Subtopic:
Oil-based biofuels
Event:
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
3DO.6.3
Pages:
1088 - 1093
ISBN:
978-88-89407-17-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-3DO.6.3
Price:
FREE
