Abstract: The invention provides a Fischer-Tropsch derived compression ignition engine, gas turbine, and fuel cell fuel which is interchangeably useable in compression ignition engines, gas turbines, and fuel cells, said fuel selected from a substantially C5 to C9 cut, a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C9 to C14 cut, a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C9 to C14 cut and a substantially C14 to C22 cut, and a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C14 to C22 cut. The invention extends to a process for preparing said fuel and the use of such a fuel in a CI engine, and HCCI engine, a turbine, and/or a fuel cell.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of lower olefins by a thermal cracking process, a process for the preparation of a synthetic hydrocarbon feedstock for such a process, and a composition of a high performance feedstock usable in said process.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing linear alkyl benzene, the process including the steps of obtaining a hydrocarbon condensate containing olefins, paraffins and oxygenates from a low temperature Fischer-Tropsch reaction; a) fractionating a desired carbon number distribution from the hydrocarbon condensate to form a fractionated hydrocarbon condensate stream; b) extracting oxygenates from the fractionated hydrocarbon condensate stream from step (a) to form a stream containing olefins and paraffins; c) combining the stream containing olefins and paraffins from step (b) with the feed stream from step (g) to form a combined stream; d) alkylating olefins in the combined stream from step (c) with benzene in the presence of a suitable alkylation catalyst in an alkylation reactor, e) recovering linear alkyl benzene from the alkylation reactor; f) recovering unreacted paraffins from the alkylation reactor; g) dehydrogenating the unreacted paraffins in the presence of a suitable dehydrogenation catalyst

Abstract: The invention provides a Fischer-Tropsch derived compression ignition engine, gas turbine, and fuel cell fuel which is interchangeably useable in compression ignition engines, gas turbines, and fuel cells, said fuel selected from a substantially C5 to C9 cut, a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C9 to C14 cut, a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C9 to C14 cut and a substantially C14 to C22 cut, and a substantially C5 to C9 cut blended with a substantially C14 to C22 cut. The invention extends to a process for preparing said fuel and the use of such a fuel in a CI engine, and HCCI engine, a turbine, and/or a fuel cell.

Abstract: This invention relates to diesel fuel having as a component a middle distillate cut having biodegradability properties. More particularly, this invention relates to a diesel fuel including middle distillates produced from a mainly paraffinic synthetic crude which is produced by the reaction of CO and H2, typically by the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. The middle distillate according to the invention has an aromatics content of less than 9%, as determined by the ASTM D 5186 or IP 391 test method. The paraffinic chains of the middle distillate may be predominantly isoparaffins.

Abstract: A process for the production of highly purified water 44 from Fischer-Tropsch reaction water 12 includes distillation 14 as a primary treatment stage, biological treatment including anaerobic digestion 20 and aerobic digestion 22 as a secondary treatment stage, solid-liquid separation 32 as a tertiary treatment stage and a dissolved salt and organic removal stage 40 as final treatment stage.

Abstract: A process for the production of highly purified water from Fischer-Tropsch reaction water, which process includes at least the steps of a primary treatment stage comprising biological treatment for removing at least a fraction of dissolved organic carbon from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction water to produce a primary water-enriched stream, a secondary treatment stage comprising solid-liquid separation for removing at least some solids from at least a portion of the primary water-enriched stream to produce a secondary water-enriched stream, and a tertiary treatment stage comprising a dissolved salt and organic removal step for removing at least some dissolved salts and organic constituents from at least a portion of the secondary water-enriched stream.