Novel Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Catalysts and Process Concepts for Selective Transportation Fuel Production: Final Report

1.0	Introduction 132kb			1
2.0	Objectives 334kb			3
	2.1	Development of Improved Supported Catalyst Compositions		3
	2.2	Slurry Reactor Kinetic Studies		6
	2.3	Fuel Product Characterization		7
3.0	Results and Discussion 2859kb			8
	3.1	Development of Improved Supported Catalyst Compositions		8
		3.1.1	Basecase Catalyst Preparation Reproducibility	8
		3.1.2	Basecase Catalyst Performance	9
		3.1.3	Conventional Catalyst Preparation and Performance	12
		3.1.4	Catalyst Activation Studies	13
		3.1.5	Promoter Studies	15
		3.1.6	Support Studies	17
		3.1.7	Metal to Promoter Ratio	18
		3.1.8	Metal Loading	19
		3.1.9	Other Metals	21
		3.1.10	Promotion of Water - Gas Shift Activity	24
		3.1.11	Extended Slurry Test	26
		3.1.12	Catalyst Characterization	30
	3.2	Slurry Reactor Kinetic Studies		32
		3.2.1	Olefin Incorporation	32
		3.2.2	Kinetic Studies During Slurry Screening Tests	33
		3.2.3	Extended Slurry Test Kinetic Studies	36
	3.3	Fuel Product Characterization		38
4.0	Conclusions and Recommendations 355kb			40
	4.1	Catalyst Studies		40
	4.2	Kinetics		41
5.0	Experimental 873kb			44
	5.1	Catalyst Preparation		44
	5.2	Gas-Phase Testing		44
	5.3	Slurry-Phase Testing		48
	5.4	Product Analysis		50
	5.5	Catalyst Characterization		52
6.0	References 179kb			53
7.0	Acknowledgements 41kb			55
Tables 1793kb
Figures 2526kb