TITLE: Development of a stable cobalt-ruthenium Fischer-Tropsch catalyst.  Technical progress report No. 11, April 1, 1992--June 30, 1992.

AUTHOR: R. R. Frame;   H. B. Gala.

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],  1992,  40p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE94005050INW

ABSTRACT:

Four new catalysts were prepared and screened during this reporting period. They were compared to a reference Co-based catalyst (TC 211) which was developed under a previous DOE contract No. AC22-84PC10028. The reference catalyst was prepared on a special steamed and acid-washed Y zeolite support. The four new catalysts were prepared on a commercial product which is a specially-prepared Y zeolite. A special solvent was used to impregnate contract to a division of Union Carbide which is now part of UOP. Catalyst TC 211 was prepared by impregnating metals onto a laboratory steamed and acid-washed Y zeolite. A special impregnation solvent was used. At similar operating conditions, the four catalysts tested were less active and more selective to methane than the reference catalyst. A temperature change was made in the testing of these four catalysts (condition 1 to condition 2) to obtain conversions comparable to that obtained with the reference catalyst. Higher methane selectivity was noted for these catalysts when comparisons were made at similar conversion levels. When the new catalysts were evaluated at different conversions resulting from changes in feed rate at the same temperature (condition 2 to condition 3) high methane selectivity persisted. Thus these catalysts did not exhibit the expected lower methane selectivity at higher conversion. The four catalysts tested were intrinsically more selective to methane than the reference catalyst. They were, however, similar to the reference catalyst in their low selectivity to alcohols (Table 5). Of the four catalysts, catalyst 6531-161 which contained ruthenium appeared to be the most selective for methane.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/89869-T10

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-89PC89869