Current stage of development of GTL technology and perspectives for Brazil

Quimica nova

Ramos, André Luis Dantas¹  Santos, Vagner dos¹  Marques, José Jailton¹  Souza, Mariana de Mattos Vieira Mello²  Freitas, Lisiane dos Santos³  Santos, Rosanne Graziele Vieira de Melo³ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brasil;Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;Universidade Tiradentes, Aracaju, Brasil

关键词: natural gas;    gas-to-liquid;    Fischer-Tropsch.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422011001000004

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

Although the production of liquid fuels from coal, natural gas (CTL and GTL processes) and other carbon sources has been discovered 90 years ago, the interest was renewed in the last years motivated by stranded gas reserves and by petroleum market instability. This review intends to show the scenario of these technologies nowadays, discussing the applied technologies, the steps in an industrial plant, the ways to produce syngas and liquid fuels, the catalysts used, the type of reactors and the operating plants with their respective capacities, besides the technical, economical and environmental viability, challenges and perspectives for Brazil.

【 授权许可】

CC BY