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Novel Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Catalysts and Process Concepts for Selective Transportation Fuel Production: Final Report

Withers, H. P.
Eliezer, K. F.
Mitchell, J. W.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Table of Contents 696kb

1.0

Introduction 132kb

1

2.0

Objectives 334kb

3
 

2.1

Development of Improved Supported Catalyst Compositions

3

2.2

Slurry Reactor Kinetic Studies

6

2.3

Fuel Product Characterization

7

3.0

Results and Discussion 2859kb

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3.1

Development of Improved Supported Catalyst Compositions

8
 

3.1.1

Basecase Catalyst Preparation Reproducibility

8

3.1.2

Basecase Catalyst Performance

9

3.1.3

Conventional Catalyst Preparation and Performance

12

3.1.4

Catalyst Activation Studies

13

3.1.5

Promoter Studies

15

3.1.6

Support Studies

17

3.1.7

Metal to Promoter Ratio

18

3.1.8

Metal Loading

19

3.1.9

Other Metals

21

3.1.10

Promotion of Water - Gas Shift Activity

24

3.1.11

Extended Slurry Test

26

3.1.12

Catalyst Characterization

30

3.2

Slurry Reactor Kinetic Studies

32
 

3.2.1

Olefin Incorporation

32

3.2.2

Kinetic Studies During Slurry Screening Tests

33

3.2.3

Extended Slurry Test Kinetic Studies

36

3.3

Fuel Product Characterization

38

4.0

Conclusions and Recommendations 355kb

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4.1

Catalyst Studies

40

4.2

Kinetics

41

5.0

Experimental 873kb

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5.1

Catalyst Preparation

44

5.2

Gas-Phase Testing

44

5.3

Slurry-Phase Testing

48

5.4

Product Analysis

50

5.5

Catalyst Characterization

52

6.0

References 179kb

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7.0

Acknowledgements 41kb

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Tables 1793kb

Figures 2526kb