Integrating a Fischer-Tropsch Fuel Production Process into Pulp Mills

For the production of liquid transportation fuels based on hydrogen and carbon dioxide multiple process routes are known. The Fischer-Tropsch process producing a synthetic crude oil is one promising option to produce a renewable fuel. The work investigates the production of Fischer-Tropsch fuels in a pulp mill with four different process configurations. Based on the educts hydrogen and carbon dioxide the required synthesis gas for the synthesis is generated via either the water gas shift reaction or CO2 electrolysis. After the reactor, the product is split into two liquid streams and one gaseous stream.