MOGD process

It is likely that future commercialization of Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) will take place in a fluid-bed reactor for many of the same reasons which encouraged fluid-bed MTG development, including better temperature control and constant product composition. The olefins produced by this process can be readily converted to gasoline, distillate and/or aviation fuels by commercially available technologies such as Mobil s MOGD process. 

With completion of the 100 BPD MTO program, large scale testing will be completed for both steps of the MTO/MOGD process route, giving reliable scale-up information for a new and novel route for producing synthetic gasoline and diesel fuels. 

Flexibility, high yields and excellent product quality make this combined process an attractive alternative for producing a wide range of hydrocarbon products from natural gas or coal. The MTO process was successfully demonstrated in a 100 B/D fluid-bed semi-works unit in Germany. The MOGD process was demonstrated in fixed-bed reactors in a Mobil refinery. 

The MOGD process reacts light olefins to gasoline and distillate... 

MOGD Process Yields With C.-C- Olefins Feed ... 

The MTG process can be combined with MTO technology as realized in the so-called MOGD process (Mobil Olefin to Gasoline/Distillate). Employing this process, olefins are synthesized in the first step followed by olefin oligomerization to gasoline or diesel using a ZSM-5 catalyst. Hence, this route also affords, unlike the MTG process, the production of synthetic diesel or jet fuel. ... 

Another approach is the MTS process (Methanol To Synfuel) introduced by Lurgi GmbH, which is, in terms of process engineering, comparable to the MOGD process. However, primarily diesel is produced - besides a smaller... 

A potential application of MTO olefins that has received considerable attention is their conversion to distillates and/or gasoline via the Mobil MOGD process [6365]. Typical MOGD process yields with C3C6 olefin feed are presented in Table 8 [52]. With the MOGD process, the flexibility of MTG/MTO technolo may be significantly enhanced, as seen in Figure 25 [52]. 

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