Conversion of Methanol to Liquid Fuels by the Fluid Bed Mobil Process (A commercial concept)

From 1981 to 1984 Mobil Research + Development Corporation, Union Rheinische Braunkohlen Kraftstoff AG and UHDE GmbH have operated a demonstration plant for the Fluid Bed Mobil Process. The advantage of the process lies in the desired selectivity of hydrocarbons in the product. Besides producing high quality gasoline (MTG operation) process conditions can be varied to produce olefins (MTO operation), which can be converted to gasoline and diesel. On the basis of the results gained at Wesseling, a commercial study was performed, which deals with feasibility of gasoline from coal and natural gas.