Unsteady-State Operation of Slurry and Fixed-Bed Fischer-Tropsch Reactors for Improved Process Performance

浆态和固定床费托反应器的非稳态运行，以改善工艺性能。通过费托反应开发高效的气液转化过程是从丰富的天然气生产非石油化学品和环境友好燃料的最经济可行的途径。这项研究提出了利用反应器和催化剂的动力学行为来获得常规稳态操作所不能获得的更高的烃合成速率和选择性。在目前原油价格约为30美元/桶的市场条件下，即使是30%-60%的轻微工艺改进也会使该工艺具有竞争力。在促进个别国家能源政策目标的同时，这项研究将进一步加强法国和澳大利亚之间更紧密的经济和技术联系。

Unsteady-State Operation of Slurry and Fixed-Bed Fischer-Tropsch Reactors for Improved Process Performance. The development of efficient gas-to-liquid processes via the Fischer-Tropsch reaction is the most economically viable route for the production of non-petroleum based chemicals and environmentally-friendly fuels from abundant natural gas. This investigation proposes the exploitation of both reactor and catalyst dynamics behaviour to obtain higher hydrocarbon synthesis rate and selectivity not attainable under conventional steady-state operation. With current market conditions of about US$30/bbl for crude oil, even modest process improvements of 30-60% will make the process competitive. Whilst individual national energy policy goals are promoted, the research will further strengthen closer economic and technology ties between France and Australia.