TITLE: Catalyst and Reactor Development for a Liquid-Phase Fischer-Tropsch Process. Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 April 1981-30 June 1981.

AUTHOR: J. W. Brockington;   P. N. Dyer;   R. Pierantozzi;   B. W. Brain; J. V. Bauer.

INST.  AUTHOR: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  Jul 81,  27p.

NTIS ORDER NO: DE82001114INW

ABSTRACT:

In October 1980, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. began a three year contract with the DOE: Catalyst and Reactor Development for a Liquid Phase Fischer-Tropsch Process. The program contains four major tasks: (1) Project Work Plan, (2) Slurry Catalyst Development, (3) Slurry Reactor Design Studies, and (4) Pilot Facility Design. This report describes work on Tasks 2 and 3 carried out in the third quarter of the contract. In Task 2, the computerized search of the Fischer-Tropsch literature was continued, and improvements were made in data processing programs.  Shakedown tests were completed on the first 300 ml slurry reactor, and construction of the second and third reactors began. Five modified conventional slurry catalysts were prepared, and two batches were tested in the gas phase giving information on selectivity as a function of composition and activation. Four supported cluster catalyst were synthesized, and seven were tested in the gas phase. (ERA citation 07:003142)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/30021-T6

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-80PC30021