TITLE: Low severity upgrading of F-T waxes with solid superacids. Final report.

AUTHOR: I. Wender;   J. W. Tierney.

INST.  AUTHOR: Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  30 Sep 95,  102p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE96005562INW

ABSTRACT:

The use of solid acids, especially Pt/ZrO2/SO4, to convert long chain alkanes and Fischer-Tropsch waxes to liquid fuels under mild reaction conditions was explored in this work. Anion and/or hydrogenation metal modified zirconium oxides were synthesized, characterized, and tested for hydrocracking and hydroisomerization. of model compounds, chiefly with n-hexadecane. The relationship between catalytic activity and acidic character of the bifunctional Pt/ZrO2/SO4 catalyst was investigated.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/91304-T14

CONTRACT  NUMBER: FG22-91PC91304