Imperial College London
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ProfessorBenoitChachuat

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Process Systems Engineering
 
 
 
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609Roderic Hill BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Graciano:2018:10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00135,
author = {Graciano, JEA and Chachuat, B and Alves, RMB},
doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00135},
journal = {INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH},
pages = {9964--9976},
title = {Conversion of CO2-Rich Natural Gas to Liquid Transportation Fuels via Trireforming and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Model-Based Assessment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00135},
volume = {57},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper presents a model-based analysis of a process coupling trireforming and Fischer–Tropsch technologies for the production of liquid fuels from CO2-rich natural gas. The process also includes an upgrading section based on hydrocracking, a separation section, a water gas shift unit, and a Rankine cycle unit for recovering the excess thermal energy produced by the Fischer–Tropsch reactor. Simulations are carried out in the process simulator Aspen Plus using standard unit operation models where applicable, while modeling the nonconventional units, such as the Fischer–Tropsch and hydrocracking reactors, using Aspen Custom Modeler. The proposed process could achieve a carbon conversion efficiency upward of 50% in the analyzed scenario, despite a natural gas feedstock with 30 mol % CO2. The analysis also reveals that the plant-wide electricity consumption could be covered nearly entirely by the Rankine cycle unit, enabling significant cost savings alongside a reduction of the overall global warming potential by about 10% in this specific case study. Finally, the results of a detailed economic assessment indicate that cheap natural gas is a prerequisite to the economic viability of the process, which would remain attractive in the current US scenario, yet presents a major impediment for its deployment in Brazil.
AU  - Graciano,JEA
AU  - Chachuat,B
AU  - Alves,RMB
DO  - 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00135
EP  - 9976
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0888-5885
SP  - 9964
TI  - Conversion of CO2-Rich Natural Gas to Liquid Transportation Fuels via Trireforming and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Model-Based Assessment
T2  - INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00135
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000440876800020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62771
VL  - 57
ER  -
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