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Technology Development for Iron and Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts,
Quarterly Report January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2000 - 2000

Davis, Burtron H.

University of California-Berkeley

Table of Contents 42kb

  Disclaimer 1
Abstract 2
Table of Contents 4
Section 1
148kb		 Executive Summary 5
Task 1.  Iron Catalyst Preparation 10
Task 2.  Catalyst Testing 10
 

2.1

 Impact of potassium on the activation energy of precipitated FTS catalysts 10
Section 2
102kb

2.2

 Fischer-Tropsch product distribution 23
Task 3.  Catalyst Characterization 25

3.1

 Mössbauer study of precipitated unpromoted and potassium iron FTS catalysts 25
Section 3
3962kb		 Task 4.  Wax/Catalyst Separation 32

4.1

 Initial filtering studies with Pall Corporation filters 32
Section 4
72kb		 Task 5.  Oxygenates 52
Task 6.  Literature Review of Prior Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Co Catalysts 52
Task 7.  Co Catalyst Preparation 52

7.1

 Preparation of promoted Co FTS catalysts 52
Task 8.  Co Catalyst Testing for Activity and Kinetic Rate Correlations 55

8.1

 Study of Re and Pt promoted Co/A1 FTS catalysts 55
Task 9.  Co Catalyst Life Testing 59
Task 10.  Co Catalyst Mechanism Study 59
Section 5
459kb		 Task 11.  University of California-Berkely Subcontract 59
Task 12.  Reporting and Management 94
Appendix 1.  the CAER Fischer-Tropsch Database 939kb 95