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Selectivity in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Review and Recommendations for Further Work - 1980

Caldwell, L.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Chemical Engineering Group
(Pretoria, South Africa)

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Table of Contents

1

 Introduction

2

 Selectivity and Mechanism
 

2.1

 Choice of Catalyst

2.2

 Operating Conditions

2.3

 Mechanism

2.4

 Implications of the Schulz-Flory Distribution Law

3

Considerations Other Than Selectivity
 

3.1

 Activity

3.2

 Catalyst Life - Carbon Deposition, Waxing, Poisoning

4

Improving Fischer-Tropsch Selectivity
 

4.1

 81-Function Catalysts

4.2

 Cyclical Processing
5

Conclusions
6

Recommendations
7

Appendix
 

7.1

 Relations Derived from the Schulz-Flory Law

7.2

 Change in Catalyst Surface Population with Time

8

 References