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Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Phase Process To Understand Wax Formation
Final Technical Report - 1989

Satterfield, Charles N.
Matsumoto, David K.
Donnelly, Timothy J.
Hanlon, Robert T.
Yates, Ian C.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Cambridge

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1A

Effect of Potassium 1
Secondary Reactions 4

1B

Comparison of Performance of Selected Iron Catalysts 5
Activity for Synthesis 7
Water-Gas-Shift Activity 9

1C

Possible Incorporation of Olefins into Growing Chains 9
High Conversion Region 11

1D

Synthesis Gas Composition 12
Light Products 12

1E

Poisoning by Sulfur Compounds 14

2A

Wax Analyses 16
Discussion of a2 for Heavier Products 18

2B

Theoretical Analysis of Data to Determine C-Number Product Distributions 19

2C

Observed Product Distribution during Start-Up (Fused Magnetite) 21

2D

Effect of Water 21

3A

Performance Testing 22

3B

Effect of CO2 on Fischer-Tropsch Kinetics 23
References
Figures
Tables
Appendix A - Papers Published
Appendix B - Performance Testing in a Mechanically-Stirred Reactor