Liquid Phase Methanation Pilot Plant Installation and Operation. Quarterly Report,October 1, 1976--December 31, 1976.

摘要

The LPM Pilot Plant was delivered to Institute of Gas Technology's HYGAS Plant in Chicago,Illinois. The unit was reassembled and check-out began on all mechanical,electrical and instrumentation systems. Additional steam tracing and insulation was added to the plant to insure continuity of operation even in severe weather conditions. Pressure testing began and a cold oil circulation test was started to check out operation of equipment and instrumentation. Laboratory support work continued at Chem Systems' Hackensack,New Jersey research laboratory. Three new catalyst formulations were tested in the Process Development Unit (PDU). A new process liquid with a low pour point (-35exp 0 F) was also tested in the PDU and found satisfactory for use in the pilot plant. The bench scale unit was run with a synthesis gas simulating the gas that will be obtained from IGT's steam-methane reformer (H sub 2 /CO ratio = 6/1). The pilot plant experimental program was modified to make use of this auxiliary gas when the Hygas Plant was not delivering coal-derived synthesis gas. (ERA citation 03:044039)