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Figure 27: Mass <strong>an</strong>d energy flow <strong>of</strong> DME design <strong>an</strong>d FTD design.<br />

Fig. 27 shows <strong>the</strong> energy <strong>an</strong>d mass flow in <strong>the</strong> coal/black liquor to fuel process <strong>for</strong> both<br />

<strong>the</strong> DME design <strong>an</strong>d FTD design. The DME design <strong>an</strong>d FTD design, from <strong>the</strong> point <strong>of</strong> cle<strong>an</strong><br />

syngas to fuel products, used different assumption in <strong>the</strong> configuring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> designs. The<br />

designs were scaled from designs found in literature <strong>an</strong>d reflect <strong>the</strong> liquid product efficiency<br />

from <strong>the</strong> designs. The majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> assumption made <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> DME design <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> FTD design<br />

were <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> heat <strong>an</strong>d steam recovery. It is difficult to account <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> heat requirement <strong>of</strong> a fuel<br />

production pl<strong>an</strong>t by scaling alone. Each <strong>an</strong>d every component <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pl<strong>an</strong>t consuming <strong>an</strong>d<br />

producing heat must be accounted <strong>for</strong>. This is a source <strong>of</strong> error in ei<strong>the</strong>r design. The DME<br />

design <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> FTD design were conservatively calculated. Literature reports both pl<strong>an</strong>ts to have<br />

efficiency in <strong>the</strong> 60% to 70% r<strong>an</strong>ge. The next step in <strong>the</strong> design <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se pl<strong>an</strong>ts would be to<br />

verify <strong>the</strong> outputs with computer modeling.<br />

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