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Cle<strong>an</strong> syngas<br />

123.0 kg/s<br />

1437.8 MW<br />

145 o C<br />

50 bar<br />

Cle<strong>an</strong> syngas<br />

123.0 kg/s<br />

1437.8 MW<br />

Tail gas<br />

91.5 kg/s<br />

118 o C<br />

29.4 bar<br />

Tail Gas<br />

60.4 kg/s<br />

492.9 MW<br />

260 o C<br />

30.3 bar<br />

Slurry-phase<br />

bubbling-bed<br />

reactor<br />

Steam<br />

96.3 kg/s<br />

86 o C<br />

10 bar<br />

Water<br />

96.3 kg/s<br />

15 o C<br />

10bar<br />

Steam<br />

128.8 kg/s<br />

2.846 MW<br />

260 o C<br />

38 bar<br />

Water<br />

15 o C<br />

38 bar<br />

Tail gas<br />

91.5 kg/s<br />

38 o C<br />

29.4 bar<br />

FT Liquid<br />

6.2 kg/s<br />

Condenser<br />

FT Liquid<br />

10.8 kg/s<br />

Unconverted syngas<br />

60.4 kg/s<br />

492.9 MW<br />

38 o C<br />

26.6bar<br />

Water<br />

20.3 kg/s<br />

Wax<br />

Hydrocracking<br />

Wax C20+<br />

11.9 kg/s<br />

FT Separator<br />

FT Product C1-C4<br />

0.6 kg/s<br />

46.0 MW<br />

Distillate C12–C20<br />

2.9 kg/s<br />

Naphtha C5–C11<br />

1.9 kg/s<br />

Diesel<br />

9.5 kg/s<br />

Naphtha<br />

1.8 kg/s<br />

Diesel<br />

12.4 kg/s<br />

8667.9 bbl/d<br />

536.1 MW<br />

Naphtha<br />

3.7 kg/s<br />

2552.9 bbl/d<br />

161.2 MW<br />

Figure<br />

D.5: Mass <strong>an</strong>d energy bal<strong>an</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Larson et al case study FTD design both with estimated final produce<br />

from upgrading.<br />

The syngas to FT-product efficiency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> FTD project design based on Larson et al. is<br />

48.5 %, where <strong>the</strong> design based on <strong>the</strong> Steynberg et al. case study is 52.6 %. The FTD design<br />

based on <strong>the</strong> Larson et al. case study was used <strong>for</strong> this project, because its scale is closer to that<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> case study it was based on, thus providing a more likely efficiency.<br />

Diesel conversion:<br />

bbl<br />

kg<br />

1 = 0.<br />

001435<br />

day<br />

s<br />

ton<br />

kg<br />

1 = 0.<br />

277778<br />

hour<br />

s<br />

Well to t<strong>an</strong>k report<br />

LHV<br />

Diesel 43.1 MJ/kg<br />

Naptha 44 MJ/kg<br />

Meth<strong>an</strong>e 50 MJ/kg<br />

kg<br />

bbl<br />

4 . 3 = 2996.<br />

516<br />

s<br />

day<br />

kg<br />

ton<br />

1 = 3.<br />

599997<br />

s<br />

hour<br />

94

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