TITLE: Slurry phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Cobalt plus a water-gas shift catalyst. (Quarterly) report, June 30, 1988--September 30, 1988.

AUTHOR: I. C. Yates;   C. N. Satterfield.

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],  1988,  59p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE93006468INW

ABSTRACT:

This report details experiments performed on three different copper-based catalysts: Cu/Cr(sub 2)O(sub 3), Cu/MnO/Cr(sub 2)O(sub 3) and Cu/ZnO/Al(sub 2)O(sub 3). Of these three catalysts, the Cu/ZnO/Al(sub 2)O(sub 3) exhibits the greatest stability when slurried in octacosane.  More than 1000 hours-on-stream indicate that the catalyst activity is not detrimentally affected by high pressure, high H(sub 2)/CO ratio, or the presence of alkenes. All of these are necessary stability characteristics for the water-gas shift catalyst, if it is to be used in combination with a cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. A review of documented reduction procedures for cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts is presented.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/PC/79816-2

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC22-87PC79816