TITLE: Development of precipitated iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.  Quarterly technical progress report, 1 April 1996--30 June 1996.

AUTHOR: D. B. Bukur;   X. Lang;   Y. Ding;   S. Chokkaram.

INST.  AUTHOR: Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  2 Sep 96,  61p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE97050477INW

ABSTRACT:

The overall contract objectives are to: (1) demonstrate repeatability of performance and preparation procedure of two high activity, high alpha iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts synthesized at Texas A&M University (TAMU) during the DOE Contract DE-AC22-89PC89868; (2) seek potential improvements in the catalyst performance through variations in process conditions, pretreatment procedures and/or modifications in catalyst synthesis; (3) investigate performance of catalysts in a small scale bubble column slurry reactor, and (4) investigate feasibility of producing catalysts on a large scale in collaboration with a catalyst manufacturer. The performance of an iron, and iron-copper-silica catalyst are described.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/93069-9

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-94PC93069