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Gas-to-Liquid production Pilot plant
The University of Manchester is currently building a new gas-to-liquid (GTL) integrated unit to tackle technical and scientific challenges in scaling up new low-carbon technologies for sustainable fuels and chemicals. The plant is fully integrated with process utilities and advanced control and instrumentation to provide rapid data acquisition and post-processing analysis.
The plant is designed to operate up to 4 kg/h of gases (as a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other inerts). The pilot plant includes 3 reactor configurations: 1) a 5-litre continuous stirred slurry-type reactor, multi-tubular reactor with two separate tubes of 1.6 cm ID and 2 m length each representative of industrial-scale GTL multi-tubular reactor and 3) a single tube of 3.2 cm and 2 m in length to test more intensified processes. An inline measurement system with gas chromatography for continuous recording of product composition, liquid chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometer for further analytical and particle pelletiser for new material manufacturing.
The University of Manchester is currently building a new gas-to-liquid (GTL) integrated unit to tackle technical and scientific challenges in scaling up new low-carbon technologies for sustainable fuels and chemicals. The plant is fully integrated with process utilities and advanced control and instrumentation to provide rapid data acquisition and post-processing analysis.
The plant is designed to operate up to 4 kg/h of gases (as a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other inerts). The pilot plant includes 3 reactor configurations: 1) a 5-litre continuous stirred slurry-type reactor, multi-tubular reactor with two separate tubes of 1.6 cm ID and 2 m length each representative of industrial-scale GTL multi-tubular reactor and 3) a single tube of 3.2 cm and 2 m in length to test more intensified processes. An inline measurement system with gas chromatography for continuous recording of product composition, liquid chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometer for further analytical and particle pelletiser for new material manufacturing.
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