Development of Improved Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for Production of Liquid Fuels

Development of Improved Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for Production of Liquid Fuels - 1977

		Forward			i
		Acknowledgement			ii
		Abstract			iii
		Nomenclature and Some Conversion Factors			iv
		Table of Contents			v
		List of Tables			vii
		List of Figures			xi
Section 1 739kb		Summary			1
	1	Introduction			3
	2	Experimental			6
		2.1	The Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst Test Unit		6
		2.2	Analytical Procedures		9
		2.3	Catalysts		10
		2.4	Reproducibility of Results		12
		2.5	Transport Phenomena		16
Section 2 425kb	3	Catalyst Evaluation			28
		3.1	Precipitated Cobalt-based Catalyst		28
			3.1.1	Catalyst Pre-treatment and Sulfiding	28
			3.1.2	Experiments Performed	29
			3.1.3	Results and Discussion	30
			3.1.4	Summary	41
		3.2	Precipitated Iron-based Catalyst		42
			3.2.1	Catalyst Pre-treatment and Sulfiding	42
			3.2.2	Experiments Performed	43
Section 3 412kb			3.2.3	Results and Discussion	44
			3.2.4	Summary	63
		3.3	Cobalt-Molybdenum Catalysts		64
			3.3.1	Catalyst Pre-Treatment and Sulfiding	66
Section 4 542kb			3.3.2	Experiments Performed	66
			3.3.3	Results and Discussion	79
			3.3.4	Summary
		3.4	Molybdenum Disulfide Promoted with KOH		81
			3.4.1	Catalyst Pre-Treatment and Sulfiding	81
			3.4.2	Experiments Performed	81
			3.4.3	Results and Discussion	81
			3.4.4	Summary	87
		3.5	Tungsten-Based Catalysts		88
			3.5.1	Catalyst Pre-Treatment and Sulfiding	88
Section 5 614kb			3.5.2	Experiments Performed	90
			3.5.3	Results and Discussion	90
			3.5.4	Summary	95
		3.6	Alumina Supported Ruthenium Catalysts		96
			3.6.1	Catalyst Pre-Treatment and Sulfiding	96
			3.6.2	Experiments Performed and Comments on the Reproducibility of Results	98
			3.6.3	Results and Discussion	100
			3.6.4	Summary	111
Section 6 535kb	4	General Discussion			114
	5	Recommendations			120
	Appendix
	A	Summary of Past Research on Sulfur Effects on Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts			128
	B	Measurement of Gas Flow Into the Reactors			132
	C	Sample Calculation for the Reproducibility of Results			134
Section 7 1706kb	D	Experimental Conditions and Results			135
Section 8 353kb	E	Composition of Condensed Hydrocarbon Products			222
Section 8 353kb	F	Comparative Summary of Catalytic Test Results			246