TITLE: Development of precipitated iron catalysts with improved stability.  Technical progress report No. 8, June 16, 1989--September 16, 1989.

AUTHOR: H. Abrevaya.

INST.  AUTHOR: UOP, Inc., Des Plaines, IL.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  6 May 92,  13p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE92014628INW

ABSTRACT:

The objective of this program is to identify the chemical principles governing the deactivation of precipitated iron catalysts during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and to use these chemical principles in the design of catalysts suitable for slurry reactors. The performance targets are 88% CO+H(sub 2) conversion with less than 1% deactivation/day for 1 month and a methane and ethane selectivity of no more than 7% (based on hydrocarbons and oxygenates only) at a space velocity of at least 2 normal liters per hr per gram iron (NL/hr/gFe) using a synthesis gas with 0.5-1.0 H(sub 2):CO ratio in a slurry reactor.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/79812-T5

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-87PC79812