More on World XTLII Summit

“Everyone who enjoys thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. -- Herein lies the difference between them that create and them that enjoy.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche (German classical Scholar, Philosopher and Critic of culture, 1844-1900.)

An email from Palladian Publications (http://www.palladian-publications.com/) alerted me to the World XTLII Summit (http://www.cwcxtl.com/) coming to London in June.  I passed the information to Desulfurization Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com) readers in a previous post.

This post describes how World XTLII can seed searches along multiple paths.

One path … background on the speakers.  Sometimes a conference Web includes biographical information on the speakers.  Not in this case.

Three of the speakers are …

1.       Andy Brown, Executive Vice President Shell Qatar

2.       Ettienne Rademeyer, Chief operations officer at ORYX GTL

3.       Mike Nel, General Manager New Business Development, Sasol

So here are three possible information sources …

·         Google®

·         LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com)

·         Online databases like LexisNexis, EbscoHost, and ScienceDirect

A handful of results …

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YOUTUBE

Andy Brown, Executive Vice President Shell Qatar, discusses GTL technology and the Pearl GTL project

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRruzA_85G0

LINKEDIN

Ettienne Rademeyer LinkedIn Profile, Chief operations officer at ORYX GTL

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47242359&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=xXQF&locale=en_US&srchid=9c6e2e3b-6383-43ee-a813-867da64f7b00-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=2&pvs=ps&pohelp=&goback=%2Efps_*1_Ettienne_Rademeyer_*1_*1_*1_*1_*51_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2

LINKEDIN

Mike Nel, General Manager New Business Development, Sasol

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-nel/9/110/77b

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Other search paths to wander down …

·         Background on Shell Qatar, Pearl GTL, Oryx GYL, and Sasol.

·         Literature search on XTL processes, including GTL, CTL, and BTL

·         Patent searches on any and all of the above

Here’s one patent application …

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MICROORGANISM MEDIATED LIQUID FUELS John W. SZUHAY et al

A method for producing a liquid fuel from a hydrocarbon source. In one embodiment, the method comprises disintegrating a hydrocarbon source, treating the disintegrated hydrocarbon source, solubilizing the disintegrated hydrocarbon source, admixing a biochemical liquor, wherein the biochemical...

Inventors: John W. SZUHAY, Richard Troiano

Assignees: JRST, LLC

Application number: 12/620,245

Publication number: US 2010/0163460 A1

Filing date: Nov 17, 2009

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And here’s an article …

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Low-Pressure Hydrocracking of Coal-Derived Fischer−Tropsch Waxes to Diesel

Dieter Leckel*

Fischer−Tropsch Refinery Catalysis, Sasol Technology Research and Development, Post Office Box 1, Sasolburg 1947, South Africa

Energy Fuels, 2007, 21 (3), pp 1425–1431

DOI: 10.1021/ef060601x

Publication Date (Web): March 17, 2007

Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society

AbstractCoal-derived low-temperature Fischer−Tropsch (LTFT) wax was hydrocracked at pressures of 3.5−7.0 MPa using silica−alumina-supported sulfided NiW/NiMo and an unsulfided noble metal catalyst, modified with MoO3. A low-pressure operation at 3.5 MPa produced a highly isomerized diesel, having low cloud points (from −12 to −28 °C) combined with high cetane numbers (69−73). These properties together with the extremely low sulfur (<5 ppm) and aromatic (<0.5%) contents place coal/liquid (CTL) derived distillates as highly valuable blending components to achieve Eurograde diesel specifications. The upgrading of coal-based LTFT waxes through hydrocracking to high-quality diesel fuel blend components in combination with commercial-feasible coal-integrated gasification combined cycle (coal-IGCC) CO2 capture and storage schemes should make CTL technology more attractive.

Source: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef060601x

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Of course, all this online research takes time.  Leverage your time by enlisting the help of your corporate librarian if there is one.  If not consider employing an Independent Information Professional.  Visit AIIP (www.aiip.org) – Association of Independent Information Professionals – to find the right one for your project.