TITLE: Novel Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Catalysts and Process Concepts for Selective Transportation Fuel Production: Quarterly Technical Progress Report for the Period 1 April-30 June 1986.

AUTHOR: W. E. Carroll;   K. F. Eliezer;   J. W. Mitchell;   H. P. Withers.

INST.  AUTHOR: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Feb 87,  239p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE87006115/INW

ABSTRACT:

In the seventh, and final quarter, work continued on the three major tasks: Task 2 - Development of Improved Supported Catalyst Compositions, Task 3 - Slurry Reactor Kinetic Studies, and Task 4 - Fuel Product Characterization. To examine the importance of surface area effects on the activity enhancement of the Co/Zr/silica catalyst, a Co/Zr/silica catalyst having the same surface area as the Co/Zr/alumina catalyst was tested in the fixed bed reactor. Silica provided an inherently more active catalyst than alumina but some of the enhancement that was initially observed was due to the increased surface area. The effect of increasing metal loadings on the performance of the Co/Zr/silica catalyst was examined with tests of 11% and 14.4$ Co catalysts in the fixed bed reactor. The 11% Co catalyst gave the highest syngas conversion (52%) at 220 sup 0 C of any catalyst tested at this temperature during this contract. Selectivity to liquid fuel product declined with increasing Co loading with an overall flattening of the hydrocarbon distribution. Slurry screening tests were performed on two catalysts. One was a cobalt on silica catalyst without any added promoter atoms such as Zr or Ti. The other screening test was a Zr promoted cobalt on silica catalyst with a high loading of Co. The extended slurry test which was begun in December 1985 was completed in June. During this quarter, a series of experiments was run to try to determine reaction kinetics. The spent catalyst from the extended slurry test of the Co/Zr/SiO sub 2 catalyst was found to contain 43.2% carbon and 2.4% hydrogen. This indicated a significant amount of coke formation. A second sample of liquid organic product was collected from the extended slurry test for testing as a diesel fuel. This sample met all the requirements for the highest quality diesel fuel except for viscosity and cloud point. 6 refs., 57 figs., 98 tabs. (ERA citation 12:024402)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/70030-T7

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-84PC70030