TITLE: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in Slurry-Reactor Systems. Quarterly Report, August 1, 1982-October 31, 1982.

AUTHOR: C. N. Satterfield;   T. Bartos;   H. Stenger.

INST.  AUTHOR: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1982,  20p.

NTIS REPORT NO: DE83001740

ABSTRACT:

An Mn/Fe catalyst prepared at the Technical University of Berlin was studied under a set of conditions chosen to compare the results with a reduced fused magnetite catalyst and with a similar catalyst studied by Deckwer et al. (I.E.C. Proc. Des. Dev., 21, 222 (1982)). The results are presented in the form of a manuscript attached herewith that has been submitted to the same journal for publication. The pattern of product selectivity with the Mn/Fe catalyst was very similar to that observed with a reduced fused magnetite catalyst in the same apparatus, but the olefin/paraffin ratio at all carbon numbers was less than that with the reduced magnetite catalyst. With both catalysts the Flory-Schultz distribution was followed but two values of the chain growth probability, alpha , were found, with a sharp discontinuity at about C sub 11 . alpha values based on the C sub 1 -C sub 10 products were less for the Mn/Fe catalyst than for the fused Fe catalyst, attributed to the absence of potassium in the Mn/Fe catalysts. (ERA citation 08:001856)

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/40771-6

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-81PC40771