This book chapter describes a chemical process that is the key for turning coal into liquid fuels. This process, known as the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, has the potential for producing hundreds of thousands of barrels per day of hydrocarbon liquids and other byproducts, including electricity. The FT process, which was invented in Germany in the 1920s, is used today in full-scale production plants in South Africa and is planned for use in plants in many other parts of the world, including the United States.
Revised: February 22, 2011 |
Published: January 18, 2006
Citation
Parker G.B. 2006.Coal-to-Liquid Fuels. In Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology. 163-171. Boca Raton, Florida:CRC Press.PNNL-SA-48126.