Saturday, September 3, 2016

Fischer Tropsch Method

Image result for fischer tropsch process diagram from water gas
It is exothermic process.


Heavy oil ---------Cracking-------Gasoline
Water gas (CO+H2) produced by passing steam over heated coke.
Mixed with Hydrogen.
Gas purified by passing through Fe2O3 ( to remove H2S),then Fe2O3 +Na2CO3 ( to remove organic sulphur compounds).
Purified gas compressed to (5-25 atm.) and then led through a convertor, maintained at about 200-300oC

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