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Chain-Limiting Operation of Fischer-Tropsch Reactor,
Technical Progress Report from September 30, 1999 to September 30, 2000

Apostolos A. Nikolopoulos
Santosh K. Gangwal

Research Triangle Institute

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Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES iii
LIST OF TABLES iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES 1
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 EXPERIMENTAL 2
  2.1 Reaction Set-Up 2
2.2 Catalytic Materials 2

3

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3
  3.1 FT Reaction on a-Alumina 3
3.2 FT Reaction on 25 pbw Co-18pbw Zr-100 pbw SiO2 5
3.3 FT Reaction on Fe/K/Cu/SiO2 catalyst (HPR-43) 13
3.4 Fixed bed (RTI) and CSTR data (Syntroleum Corp.) of catalyst HPR-43 19
3.5 FT Reaction on 0.5% Ru/Al2O3 21
4 CONCLUSIONS 27
5 BIBLIOGRAPHY 28
APPENDICES 29
APPENDIX I 30
APPENDIX II 32