Development and Process Evaluation of Improved Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Catalysts: Quarterly Technical Progress Report for the Period of January 1 to March 31, 1987

I	Abstract				1
II	Objective				2
III	Summary of Progress				4
IV	Detailed Description of Technical Progress				7
	1	Task 1 - Project Work Plan			7
	2	Task 2 - Slurry Catalyst Development			7
		2.1	Catalyst Preparation and Characterization		7
			2.1.1	Catalyst Preparation	7
			2.1.2	Co-Precipitation Procedure	8
			2.1.3	Impregnation Procedure	9
			2.1.4	Catalyst Characterization	10
		2.2	Product Analysis System		13
			2.2.1	Carle AGC 400 Modifications	13
			2.2.2	Response Factors for the Organic Phase Components	13
		2.3	Data Acquisition and Reduction		15
			2.3.1	Anderson-Schulz-Flory (ASF) Plotting Programs	15
			2.3.2	Peak Identification Software	16
		2.4	Design and Construction of Reactor Systems		19
			2.4.1	Catalyst Reduction Unit	19
			2.4.2	Fixed Bed Reactor Apparatus	20
			2.4.3	Slurry Bed Reactor Apparatus	20
		2.5	Testing of the Existing Slurry Reactor System		21
			2.5.1	Blank Runs	21
			2.5.2	Wax Withdrawal Experiments	22
			2.5.3	Catalyst Separation from Slurry Samples	23
		2.6	Shakedown Runs with a Fused Iron Catalyst		24
			2.6.1	Catalyst Activation	24
			2.6.2	Shakedown Run in the Slurry Reactor	26
			2.6.3	Shakedown Run in the Fixed Bed Reactor	30
	3	Task 3 - Process Evaluation Research			35
V	Literature References				36
	Tables				38
	Figures				54
App. I		Sample Output of the Mass Balance Program (Run SA-01-0817-5)			75