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Attrition Resistant Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts and Hot Gas Studies

Attrition Resistant Iron-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
Final Report - 1999

U.S. Department of Energy

Table of Contents

Jothimurugesan, K.
Goodwin, J.G.
Gangwal, S.K.

Section 1
1335kb		   Abstract iii
Acknowledgments v
List of Tables vii
List of Figures viii

1.0

 Introduction 1
  1.1 Use of Fe Catalysts in SBCRs 3
1.2 Catalyst Attrition 4
1.3 Fe Catalyst Preparation 4
1.4 Spray Drying 6
1.5 Catalyst Pre-Treatment 7
1.6 Project Objectives 8
Section 2
689kb		 2.0 Description of Project Tasks 8
3.0 Experimental Approach 9
  3.1 Catalyst Preparation 9
3.2 Catalyst Characterization 11
3.3 Apparatus and Procedures 13
Section 3
866kb		 4.0 Results and Discussions 15
Section 4
304kb		 5.0 Conclusions and Future Work 27
6.0 References 28
  Appendix A: Final Report by University of Pittsburgh 3419kb 30
Appendix B: Attrition Assessment for SBCR Catalysts 3769kb 66