Reduction of CO2 Emissions from CTL Processes: Use of a Novel FT-Based Chemistry

Coal is the main energy reserve for many countries. In order to ensure energy security, many of these countries are looking at implementing large-scale coal-toliquid (CTL) plants. Current CTL Fischer-Tropsch (FT)-based processes at best have a carbon efficiency near 45%; that is, less than half the carbon that is fed to the process ends up as hydrocarbon fuels. This has large implications for the environment, in that more than half of the carbon in the feed to the CTL ends up

17.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................318 17.2 Finding Targets for Processes: The Approach ..........................................318 17.3 An Initial Look at the CTL Process .........................................................319