TITLE: Untangling the Water Gas Shift from Fischer-Tropsch: A Gordian Knot.

AUTHOR: C. K. Rofer-Depoorter.

INST.  AUTHOR: Los Alamos National Lab., NM.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1983,  68p.

NOTES: 17. Middle Atlantic Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, White Haven, PA, USA, 6 Apr 1983.

NTIS REPORT NO.: DE83006066

ABSTRACT:

The water gas shift reaction is an integral part of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Although it may appear convenient to consider the water gas shift a separate reaction, in some cases, a detailed examination of the mechanism indicates theat the water gas shift and other synthesis gas reactions share several elementary reactions. Experimental support for the relevant elementary reactions for the water gas shift on metals, metal oxides, and in homogeneous solution is examined, from both surface and complex chemistry. Multiple paths leading to a net water gas shift reaction may be available; oxygen transfer and reaction through C-H-O intermediates may take place. 185 references, 6 tables. (ERA citation 08:021251)

REPORT  NUMBER: LA-UR-83-260;   CONF-830410-1

CONTRACT  NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-36