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A Process to Model Fischer–Tropsch Reactors
Published in I. M. Mujtaba, R. Srinivasan, N. O. Elbashir, The Water–Food–Energy Nexus, 2017
N.O. Elbashir, Laial Bani Nassr, Mohamed Ghouri
With the continuous increase in global demand for cleaner energy sources, gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology is receiving significant interest as a viable alternative to conventional energy sources. GTL technology is a chemical process that converts natural gas to ultraclean fuels (i.e., gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, and kerosene) and value-added chemicals through what is known as the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS). Qatar has the third largest natural gas reserves in the world with a total capacity of 910 tcf (Chedid et al. 2007). This has motivated Qatar to have a long-term vision to establish world-class, commercial-scale GTL facilities. Shell has developed several generations of the FTS fixed-bed reactors that are currently a part of the largest GTL plant in the world, the Pearl GTL Plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar. However, Sasol has developed the slurry bubble column FTS reactors, which is part of several GTL plants including their Oryx GTL plant in Qatar. These unique large-scale GTL plants lead Qatar to be described as the “world capital of GTL.”
Improving energy performance of the oil and gas industry by applying technologies for the use of associated petroleum gas
Published in Vladimir Litvinenko, Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019, 2019
A.V. Turysheva, Y.V. Gulkov, A.V. Krivenko
GTL technology is the process of converting gas into synthetic hydrocarbon products. Low popularity of GTL technologies is caused by several reasons. Firstly, it is necessary to obtain a license to use the technology for producing synthetic liquid fuels, since the research work in Russia in this technical field is at the stage of theoretical insights and laboratory testing, and so far there are very few projects, having industrial applicability (Hydrocarbon crude; Kopteva & Malarev 2018, Van Der Laan & Beenackers 1999).
Gas to Liquids
Published in Leslie R. Rudnick, Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants, 2020
During this period of development, wax produced from Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis has re-emerged as a source for high-performance base stock production. F-T is a key intermediate step in the overall process referred to as gas to liquids, or GTL technology. GTL is recognized as a technology of the future as it provides the opportunity to convert “stranded” or lower valued natural gas and/or other feeds into high-quality fuels, chemicals, and lube products [5–8].
Enhancing the production of liquid hydrocarbons by coupling blast furnace gas (BFG) of steelwork with syngas in the GTL process
Published in Petroleum Science and Technology, 2023
Rasul Karamlu, Fatemeh Bahadori
GTL process comprises two stages: the production of syngas by reforming of natural gas and converting the syngas into liquid hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch reactions. Figure 1 shows the simulation of the conventional GTL process.