Syngas Production and Conversion to Products - The Catalyst Group

3. “Out of Box” Developments ......................................................................234. Moving Forward.........................................................................................24SECTION II - INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND..............................................25A. Introduction ......................................................................................................25B. Background ......................................................................................................26C. The Need for the Study ....................................................................................26D. Scope and Methodology...................................................................................27E. The Study Team ...............................................................................................29F. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations..............................................................31SECTION III - TECHNICAL PROGRESS IN NATURAL GAS AND LIGHTHYDROCARBON CONVERSION TO SYNGAS .................................................35A. COMMERCIAL STATUS OF NATURAL GAS CONVERSIONTO SYNGAS....................................................................................................351. Methane Steam Reforming – The Gasification Benchmark ......................352. State-Of-The-Art Steam Reforming...........................................................353. Natural Gas Steam Reforming Economics.................................................374. Economic Comparison of Natural Gas Reforming Processes....................40B. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES .....................................................................421. Non-Conventional Approaches to Syngas Production...............................422. Syngas Production Using Ion Transport Membrane Technology..............42a) ITM Syngas Team................................................................................42b) OTM Syngas Alliance..........................................................................47c) Is Commercialization Near?.................................................................483. Advanced Gas Heated Reforming (AGHR)...............................................484. Catalytic Partial Oxidation (CPO)..............................................................51C. REFERENCES.................................................................................................51SECTION IV - TECHNICAL PROGRESS IN GASIFICATION OF OTHERSOURCES TO SYNGAS...........................................................................................55A. TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL STATUS .............................................551. Introduction ................................................................................................552. Coal ............................................................................................................58a) GE Energy, GE.....................................................................................59The Catalyst Group Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 680, Spring House, PA 19477, Phone: (215) 628-4447,Fax: (215) 628-2267, E-mail: tcg@catalystgrp.com, Website: www.catalystgrp.com