Effect of Recycle Gas on Activity and Selectivity of Co-Ru/Al2O3 Catalyst in Fischer- Tropsch Synthesis
In industrial scale of Gas to Liquid (GTL) process in
Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis, a part of reactor outlet gases such as
CO2 and CH4 as side reaction products, is usually recycled. In this
study, the influence of CO2 and CH4 on the performance and
selectivity of Co-Ru/Al2O3 catalyst is investigated by injection of
these gases (0-20 vol. % of feed) to the feed stream. The effect of
temperature and feed flow rate, are also inspected. The results show
that low amounts of CO2 in the feed stream, doesn`t change the
catalyst activity significantly but increasing the amount of CO2 (more
than 10 vol. %) cause the CO conversion to decrease and the
selectivity of heavy components to increase. Methane acts as an inert
gas and doesn`t affect the catalyst performance. Increasing feed flow
rate has negative effect on both CO conversion and heavy component
selectivity. By raising the temperature, CO conversion will increase
but there are more volatile components in the product. The effect of
CO2 on the catalyst deactivation is also investigated carefully and a
mechanism is suggested to explain the negative influence of CO2 on
catalyst deactivation.
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Sci.Catal. 152 (2004)
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186 (1999)
[5] J. Xiong, Y. Ding, T. Wang, L. Yan, W. Chen, H. Zhu, Y. Lu, Catal.
Lett. 102( 2005)
[6] H. Ming, B.G. Baker, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 123(1995) 23
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Fuels 17 (2003)799
[8] H. Schulz, G. Schaub, M. Claeys, T. Riedel, Appl. Catal. A 186 (1999)
215
[9] K.W. Jun, S.J. Lee, H. Kim, M. Choi, K.W. Lee, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal.
114 (1998) 345
[10] T. Riedel, G. Schaub, K.W. Jun, K.W. Lee, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40
(2001) 1255 J
[11] D. Schanke, S. Vada, E.A. Blekkan, A.M. Hilmen, A. Hoff, A. Holmen,
J. Catal. 156 (1995) 85
[12] S.M.Kim, J.W.Bae, Y.J.Lee, K.W.Jun, Catalysis Communications 9
(2008) 2269
[13] Das T., Jacobs G. Patterson P.M., Conner W. A., Li. J., Davis B.H., Fuel
82 (2003)
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Cat. 217 (2003) 127
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347
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530
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(2001)
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[21] A. M. Hilman, D. Schanke, K. F. Hanssen, Applied catalysis A. 186
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[22] Christopher J. Bertole, Challes A. Mims, Gabor Kiss, J. Catal., 38 (2002)
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Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis, a part of reactor outlet gases such as
CO2 and CH4 as side reaction products, is usually recycled. In this
study, the influence of CO2 and CH4 on the performance and
selectivity of Co-Ru/Al2O3 catalyst is investigated by injection of
these gases (0-20 vol. % of feed) to the feed stream. The effect of
temperature and feed flow rate, are also inspected. The results show
that low amounts of CO2 in the feed stream, doesn`t change the
catalyst activity significantly but increasing the amount of CO2 (more
than 10 vol. %) cause the CO conversion to decrease and the
selectivity of heavy components to increase. Methane acts as an inert
gas and doesn`t affect the catalyst performance. Increasing feed flow
rate has negative effect on both CO conversion and heavy component
selectivity. By raising the temperature, CO conversion will increase
but there are more volatile components in the product. The effect of
CO2 on the catalyst deactivation is also investigated carefully and a
mechanism is suggested to explain the negative influence of CO2 on
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