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Construction and Operation of a Fischer-Tropsch Laboratory 
System with a Liquid Phase Reactor - 1982

Hubert, H. J.

Schering Incorporated

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Section 1
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Summary

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1

Problem definition 1

2

Structure of the laboratory installation 3
 

2.1

Laboratory systems with liquid phase reactors

4

2.2

Laboratory systems with fixed-bed reactors

8

3

Evaluation of the experiments

9
 

3.1

Composition of the make-up gas and of the residual gas

9

3.2

Calculation of the conversion and product palette

10

3.3

EDP tables with experimental results

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Section 2
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4

Experimental results using different catalysts

33
 

4.1

Iron precipitation catalysts after H. Kölbel

33

4.2

Special Catalysts from Sasol

35
 

4.2.1

The Sasol catalyst 1

36

4.2.2

The Sasol catalyst 2

36

4.2.3

The Sasol catalyst 3

36

4.3

Catalysts from Ruhrchemie

36
 

4.3.1

Ruhrchemie catalyst LP 5/76

36

4.3.2

The Ruhrchemie catalyst LP 5/77

37

4.3.3

The Ruhrchemie catalyst LP 14/77

37

4.3.4

The Ruhrchemie catalyst LP 8/78

38

4.4

Iron whisker catalysts

39
 

4.4.1

The iron whisker catalysts for the liquid phase reactor

40

4.4.2

The iron whisker catalysts for the fixed-bed reactor

40

4.5

Manganese-iron catalysts

41
 

4.5.1

Manganese-iron catalysts from Berlin Technical University

41
 

4.5.1.1

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 1 (Berlin)

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4.5.1.2

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 2 (Berlin)

41

4.5.1.3

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 3 (Berlin)

42

4.5.1.4

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 4 (Berlin)

42

4.5.1.5

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 5 (Berlin)

43

4.5.1.6

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 6 (Berlin)

43

4.5.1.7

The Mn-Fe Catalyst 7 (Berlin)

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4.5.2

Manganese-iron catalysts of our own production

45
 

4.5.2.1

The Mn-Fe catalyst 1 (Bergkamen)

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4.5.2.2

The Mn-Fe catalyst 2 (Bergkamen)

46

4.5.2.3

The Mn-Fe catalyst 3 (Bergkamen)

46

4.5.2.4

The Mn-Fe catalyst 4 (Bergkamen)

47

4.6

The influence of the reaction parameters on conversion, yield, and product palette

47
Section 3
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4.7

Comparison of the catalysts

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Section 4
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5

The composition of the condensed phases

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5.1

Hydrocarbon condensate

132

5.2

Water-soluble oxygen compounds

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6

The EDP program FT 540

144