Texaco reactor

Eastman Chemical Company has operated a coal-to-methanol plant in Kingsport, Tennessee, since 1983. Two Texaco gasifiers (one is a backup) process 34 Mg/h (37 US ton/h) of coal to synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is converted to methanol by use of ICl methanol technology. Methanol is an intermediate for producing methyl acetate and acetic acid. The plant produces about 225 Gg/a (250,000 US ton/a) of acetic anhydride. As part of the DOE Clean Coal Technology Program, Air Products and Cnemicals, Inc., and Eastman Chemic Company are constructing a 9.8-Mg/h (260-US ton/d) slurry-phase reactor for the conversion of synthesis gas to methanol and dimethyl... 

Large-scale gasification reactor technology based on EF gasification from (a) General Electric (GE Texaco process) and (b) Conoco-Phillips (E-Gas). (Adapted from Meier, D. Faix, O. Fast pyrolysis A route for energy and chemicals from wood—fluidized vs. ablative pyrolysis. In Wood and Biomass Utilization for the Carbon Uptake, Seoul National University, Seoul, 2005, pp. 55-68.)... 

Other coal gasifiers, eg Shell-Koppers and Texaco, have been commercially tested elsewhere. These operate at higher temperatures than the Lurgi reactors and consequently produce a gas with a lower CH. content and a lower H2/CO ratio. They use less steam but more oxygen. A discussion of xhe pros and cons of the various coal gasifiers is beyond the scope of this review. 

HyTex [Hydrogen Texaco] A process for making pure hydrogen from waste gases in oil refineries. There are three stages. In the first, partial combustion with oxygen in a noncatalytic reactor yields... 

Figures 1.6 and 1.7 offer a schematic representation of units of the Texaco and Shell type, whose special feature is to recover the carbon formed by washing with tvater, and then to extract the sludge obtained with naphtha. The extract can then be homogenized with the feed and thus sent directly to the partial oxidation reactor (Shell version), or previously treated by stripping by reboiling in the presence ofheavier hydrocarbons, such as fiiel oil or crude oil, in order to separate and recycle the naphtha (Texaco version).

Figure 116. Ammonia production based on heavy fuel oil (l.inde flow scheme with Texaco gasification) a) Air separation unit h) Soot extraction c) C02 absorption d) Methanol/H,() distillation e) Stripper f) Mol regenerator g) Refrigerant h) Dryer i) liquid N2 scrubber j) Syngas compressor k) Nil, reactor Material Balance...

In the Pemis plant, Texaco has adopted a downdraft reactor fed with oxygen and/or steam according to the waste feed inpnt. This technology has been developed for coal, heavy oils, petroleum coke, orimulsion, wastes and mixed plastics. End prodncts conld be energy (combined cycles), hydrogen, ammonia or methanol according the type of feed [75]. 

The current producers of partial oxidation processes are BASF, Texaco, Shell, and Hydrocarbon Research. A process block diagram showing the three process steps can be seen in Figure 2.18 [30]. The first step is the gasification process with the addition of oxygen and water. A detailed schematic of the Shell Gasification plant (SGP) is shown in Figure 2.19 [28]. The most important features of the process are the reactor, waste-heat-boiler, carbon catcher,... 

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