HYDROGEN USE IN A GTL PLANT

摘要

The present invention provides a process for managing hydrogen in a hydrocarbon gas to liquid plant. The process includes passing a syngas feed stream (30) produced by a partial oxidation reactor (28) to a Fischer-Tropsch reactor (34), thereby converting the syngas to hydrocarbon liquids. The hydrogen management process further includes passing a second hydrogen rich stream (58) produced by an auxiliary source (52) to a hydrogen user such as an FT water stripper (64), an FT catalyst regeneration unit (68), and an FT product upgrading unit (40). The auxiliary source could be a process for converting hydrocarbons to syngas, a process for converting hydrocarbons to olefins, a process for converting hydrocarbons to aromatics, a process for catalytically dehydrogenating hydrocarbons, a process for catalytically cracking hydrocarbons, a process for refining petroleum, and a process for converting hydrocarbons to carbon filaments.