TITLE: Development of precipitated iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  Quarterly technical progress report, 1 October 1995--31 December 1995.

AUTHOR: D. B. Bukur.

INST.  AUTHOR: Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Dept. of Chemical Engineering.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  14 Feb 96,  44p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE96010121INW

ABSTRACT:

Two stirred tank slurry reactor tests of catalysts with nominal compositions 100 Fe/3Cu/4 K/2 Ca/16 SiO2 (run SB-3115) and 100 Fe/5 Cu/6 K/24 SiO2 (run SA-3155) were completed under task 5, The Effect of Source of Potassium and Basic Oxide Promoter, during the reporting period. Our assessment of the effects of addition of CaO promoter to our baseline catalysts B and C and the use of potassium silicate as the source of potassium promoter is: in general, the addition of CaO promoter did not result in improved performance of the baseline catalysts; the use of CaO promoter may be best suited for operation at higher reaction pressures; the baseline procedure utilizing impregnation of Fe-Cu-SiO2 precursor with aqueous solution of KHCO3 as the source of potassium promoter is the preferred method of preparation; and the procedure which utilizes aqueous K2SiO3 solution as the source of potassium also provides satisfactory results, and may be used as an alternative. A slurry reactor test (run SB-3425) was completed during the reporting period, following the catalyst pretreatment with H2 at 250 deg C for 4 h (Task 6. Pretreatment Effect Research).

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/93069-7

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-94PC93069